#C3B936#C3B936

#C3B936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B936
RGB	rgb(195, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -11.24, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 64.75, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0375 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5222, 46.5679, 10.3433)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B936 #3640C3

analogous

#C37336 #C3B936 #87C336

triadic

#C3B936 #36C3B9 #B936C3

tetradic

#C3B936 #36C373 #3640C3 #C33687

square

#C3B936 #36C373 #3640C3 #C33687

split-complementary

#C3B936 #3687C3 #7336C3

monochromatic

#635E1B #938C29 #C3B936 #D4CC63 #E1DB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C3B936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C3B936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B936

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B936	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd76',
    500: '#c3b936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b936;
$custom-light: #d9cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77126,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B936

secondary

#898ECC

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B936

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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