#C3BA38#C3BA38

#C3BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.146 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BA38
RGB	rgb(195, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -11.65, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 64.38, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0385 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.146 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7800, 47.0070, 10.6658)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BA38 #3841C3

analogous

#C37538 #C3BA38 #87C338

triadic

#C3BA38 #38C3BA #BA38C3

tetradic

#C3BA38 #38C375 #3841C3 #C33887

square

#C3BA38 #38C375 #3841C3 #C33887

split-complementary

#C3BA38 #3887C3 #7538C3

monochromatic

#645F1D #938D2A #C3BA38 #D3CC65 #E1DC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C3BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C3BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BA38

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BA38	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)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce77',
    500: '#c3ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ba38;
$custom-light: #d9ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77354,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BA38

secondary

#8B8FCC

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BA38

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

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