#C3BA42#C3BA42

#C3BA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BA42
RGB	rgb(195, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -11.12, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 60.54, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.036 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.139 105)
XYZ	xyz(41.0495, 47.1148, 12.0850)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BA42 #424BC3

analogous

#C37942 #C3BA42 #8BC342

triadic

#C3BA42 #42C3BA #BA42C3

tetradic

#C3BA42 #42C379 #424BC3 #C3428B

square

#C3BA42 #42C379 #424BC3 #C3428B

split-complementary

#C3BA42 #428BC3 #7942C3

monochromatic

#696421 #989030 #C3BA42 #D2CB70 #E0DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C3BA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#C3BA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BA42

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BA42	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.139 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ce7d',
    500: '#c3ba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ba42;
$custom-light: #d8ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77431,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.47113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BA42

secondary

#9498CD

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BA42

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

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