#C3BA36#C3BA36

#C3BA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.147 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BA36
RGB	rgb(195, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -11.75, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 65.09, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.039 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7321, 46.9878, 10.4133)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BA36 #363FC3

analogous

#C37436 #C3BA36 #86C336

triadic

#C3BA36 #36C3BA #BA36C3

tetradic

#C3BA36 #36C374 #363FC3 #C33686

square

#C3BA36 #36C374 #363FC3 #C33686

split-complementary

#C3BA36 #3686C3 #7436C3

monochromatic

#635F1B #938C29 #C3BA36 #D4CC63 #E1DC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C3BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C3BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BA36

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BA36	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce76',
    500: '#c3ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ba36;
$custom-light: #d9ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7734,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BA36

secondary

#898DCC

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BA36

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

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