#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
RGBrgb(195, 187, 59)
HSLhsl(56, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(56, 70%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.48, -12.02, 62.48)
CIE-LCHlch(74.48, 63.62, 100.89°)
OKLaboklab(77.59% -0.0392 0.1391)
OKLCHoklch(77.59% 0.145 105.8)
XYZxyz(41.0670, 47.4600, 11.1343)
Luminance0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3BB3B1.002.0010.4910.49
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4921.001.001.00
##00000010.4921.001.001.00

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

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#C3BB3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva