#C3BB49#C3BB49

#C3BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.134 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BB49
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -11.21, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 58.02, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0354 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.134 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4801, 47.6252, 13.3096)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BB49 #4951C3

analogous

#C37E49 #C3BB49 #8EC349

triadic

#C3BB49 #49C3BB #BB49C3

tetradic

#C3BB49 #49C37E #4951C3 #C3498E

square

#C3BB49 #49C37E #4951C3 #C3498E

split-complementary

#C3BB49 #498EC3 #7E49C3

monochromatic

#6E6924 #9C9533 #C3BB49 #D2CC77 #E1DDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C3BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#C3BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB49

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BB49	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.134 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf81',
    500: '#c3bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bb49;
$custom-light: #d8cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77707,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BB49

secondary

#999DCE

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BB49

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

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