#C3BA40#C3BA40

#C3BA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.140 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BA40
RGB	rgb(195, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -11.24, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 61.34, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0365 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.14 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9916, 47.0916, 11.7798)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BA40 #4049C3

analogous

#C37840 #C3BA40 #8AC340

triadic

#C3BA40 #40C3BA #BA40C3

tetradic

#C3BA40 #40C378 #4049C3 #C3408A

square

#C3BA40 #40C378 #4049C3 #C3408A

split-complementary

#C3BA40 #408AC3 #7840C3

monochromatic

#686321 #978F2F #C3BA40 #D2CB6F #E0DC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C3BA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#C3BA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BA40

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BA40	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.140 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ce7c',
    500: '#c3ba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ba40;
$custom-light: #d8ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77414,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BA40

secondary

#9296CC

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BA40

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

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