#C3BB40#C3BB40

#C3BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BB40
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -11.75, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 61.70, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.038 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.141 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2030, 47.5144, 11.8503)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BB40 #4048C3

analogous

#C37940 #C3BB40 #89C340

triadic

#C3BB40 #40C3BB #BB40C3

tetradic

#C3BB40 #40C379 #4048C3 #C34089

square

#C3BB40 #40C379 #4048C3 #C34089

split-complementary

#C3BB40 #4089C3 #7940C3

monochromatic

#686421 #97902F #C3BB40 #D2CC6F #E0DC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C3BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C3BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB40

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BB40	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf7c',
    500: '#c3bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bb40;
$custom-light: #d8cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77629,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BB40

secondary

#9296CC

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BB40

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

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