#C3B941#C3B941

#C3B941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.139 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B941
RGB	rgb(195, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -10.67, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 60.58, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0348 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.139 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8104, 46.6832, 11.8611)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B941 #414BC3

analogous

#C37841 #C3B941 #8CC341

triadic

#C3B941 #41C3B9 #B941C3

tetradic

#C3B941 #41C378 #414BC3 #C3418C

square

#C3B941 #41C378 #414BC3 #C3418C

split-complementary

#C3B941 #418CC3 #7841C3

monochromatic

#696321 #978F30 #C3B941 #D2CA70 #E0DB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C3B941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#C3B941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B941

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B941	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.139 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cd7c',
    500: '#c3b941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b941;
$custom-light: #d8cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77208,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B941

secondary

#9398CD

accent

#57DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B941

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

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