#C3BB38#C3BB38

#C3BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.146 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BB38
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -12.17, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 64.73, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.04 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.146 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9915, 47.4298, 10.7362)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BB38 #3840C3

analogous

#C37638 #C3BB38 #86C338

triadic

#C3BB38 #38C3BB #BB38C3

tetradic

#C3BB38 #38C376 #3840C3 #C33886

square

#C3BB38 #38C376 #3840C3 #C33886

split-complementary

#C3BB38 #3886C3 #7638C3

monochromatic

#64601D #938D2A #C3BB38 #D3CD65 #E1DC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C3BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C3BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB38

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BB38	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.146 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf77',
    500: '#c3bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bb38;
$custom-light: #d9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77569,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BB38

secondary

#8B8FCC

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BB38

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

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