#C3BB42#C3BB42

#C3BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.140 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BB42
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -11.63, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 60.91, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0374 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2609, 47.5376, 12.1554)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BB42 #424AC3

analogous

#C37A42 #C3BB42 #8AC342

triadic

#C3BB42 #42C3BB #BB42C3

tetradic

#C3BB42 #42C37A #424AC3 #C3428A

square

#C3BB42 #42C37A #424AC3 #C3428A

split-complementary

#C3BB42 #428AC3 #7A42C3

monochromatic

#696521 #989130 #C3BB42 #D2CC70 #E0DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C3BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C3BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB42

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BB42	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf7d',
    500: '#c3bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bb42;
$custom-light: #d8cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77645,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BB42

secondary

#9497CD

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BB42

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

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