#C3B937#C3B937

#C3B937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.145 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3B937
RGBrgb(195, 185, 55)
HSLhsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(56, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.92, -11.19, 63.41)
CIE-LCHlch(73.92, 64.39, 100.01°)
OKLaboklab(77.13% -0.0373 0.1404)
OKLCHoklch(77.13% 0.145 104.9)
XYZxyz(40.5459, 46.5774, 10.4683)
Luminance0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3B937 #3741C3
analogous
#C37337 #C3B937 #87C337
triadic
#C3B937 #37C3B9 #B937C3
tetradic
#C3B937 #37C373 #3741C3 #C33787
square
#C3B937 #37C373 #3741C3 #C33787
split-complementary
#C3B937 #3787C3 #7337C3
monochromatic
#645E1C #938C2A #C3B937 #D3CB64 #E1DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#C3B937 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32
#C3B937 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B937
10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3B937#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3B9371.002.0410.3210.32
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3221.001.001.00
##00000010.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B220
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB840
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2ACA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3b937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.145 104.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cd77',
    500: '#c3b937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3b937;
$custom-light: #d9cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3b937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77133,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3B937
secondary
#8A8FCC
accent
#53DF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C3B937 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva