#C3BA37#C3BA37

#C3BA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.146 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BA37
RGB	rgb(195, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -11.70, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 64.74, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0387 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.146 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7558, 46.9973, 10.5383)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BA37 #3740C3

analogous

#C37437 #C3BA37 #86C337

triadic

#C3BA37 #37C3BA #BA37C3

tetradic

#C3BA37 #37C374 #3740C3 #C33786

square

#C3BA37 #37C374 #3740C3 #C33786

split-complementary

#C3BA37 #3786C3 #7437C3

monochromatic

#645F1C #938C2A #C3BA37 #D3CC64 #E1DC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C3BA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C3BA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BA37

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BA37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.146 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce77',
    500: '#c3ba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ba37;
$custom-light: #d9ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77347,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BA37

secondary

#8A8ECC

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BA37

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

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