#C3BB45#C3BB45

#C3BB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.137 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BB45
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -11.46, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 59.69, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0366 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.137 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3517, 47.5739, 12.6335)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BB45 #454DC3

analogous

#C37C45 #C3BB45 #8CC345

triadic

#C3BB45 #45C3BB #BB45C3

tetradic

#C3BB45 #45C37C #454DC3 #C3458C

square

#C3BB45 #45C37C #454DC3 #C3458C

split-complementary

#C3BB45 #458CC3 #7C45C3

monochromatic

#6B6623 #999331 #C3BB45 #D2CC73 #E1DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C3BB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C3BB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB45

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BB45	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)

#CBB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.137 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf7e',
    500: '#c3bb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bb45;
$custom-light: #d8cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77671,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BB45

secondary

#969ACE

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BB45

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

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