#C3B949#C3B949

#C3B949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3B949
RGB	rgb(195, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -10.18, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 57.26, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0325 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0587, 46.7826, 13.1692)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3B949 #4953C3

analogous

#C37C49 #C3B949 #90C349

triadic

#C3B949 #49C3B9 #B949C3

tetradic

#C3B949 #49C37C #4953C3 #C34990

square

#C3B949 #49C37C #4953C3 #C34990

split-complementary

#C3B949 #4990C3 #7C49C3

monochromatic

#6E6724 #9C9333 #C3B949 #D2CB77 #E1DCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C3B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#C3B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3B949

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3B949	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cd81',
    500: '#c3b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3b949;
$custom-light: #d8cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7728,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3B949

secondary

#999ECE

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3B949

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →