#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
RGB	rgb(195, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -11.19, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 64.39, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0373 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.145 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5459, 46.5774, 10.4683)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C3B937	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C3B937

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

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