#C3BB3B#C3BB3B

#C3BB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.145 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BB3B
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -12.02, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 63.62, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0392 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.145 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0670, 47.4600, 11.1343)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BB3B #3B43C3

analogous

#C3773B #C3BB3B #87C33B

triadic

#C3BB3B #3BC3BB #BB3BC3

tetradic

#C3BB3B #3BC377 #3B43C3 #C33B87

square

#C3BB3B #3BC377 #3B43C3 #C33B87

split-complementary

#C3BB3B #3B87C3 #773BC3

monochromatic

#65611F #948E2D #C3BB3B #D2CC69 #E0DC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C3BB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C3BB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB3B

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BB3B	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)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.145 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf79',
    500: '#c3bb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bb3b;
$custom-light: #d9cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BB3B

secondary

#8E92CC

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BB3B

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

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