#C3BB51#C3BB51

#C3BB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.128 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3BB51
RGBrgb(195, 187, 81)
HSLhsl(56, 49%, 54%)
HSVhsv(56, 58%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.66, -10.65, 53.48)
CIE-LCHlch(74.66, 54.53, 101.27°)
OKLaboklab(77.79% -0.033 0.1234)
OKLCHoklch(77.79% 0.128 105)
XYZxyz(41.7626, 47.7382, 14.7975)
Luminance0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3BB51 #5159C3
analogous
#C38251 #C3BB51 #92C351
triadic
#C3BB51 #51C3BB #BB51C3
tetradic
#C3BB51 #51C382 #5159C3 #C35192
square
#C3BB51 #51C382 #5159C3 #C35192
split-complementary
#C3BB51 #5192C3 #8251C3
monochromatic
#726D27 #A09837 #C3BB51 #D3CD7F #E2DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#C3BB51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55
#C3BB51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB51
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3BB51#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3BB511.001.9910.5510.55
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5521.001.001.00
##00000010.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB546
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBA57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0B0A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3bb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.128 105.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf86',
    500: '#c3bb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3bb51;
$custom-light: #d8cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3bb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77787,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.47737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3BB51
secondary
#A0A3D0
accent
#59D850
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9F0
border
#D4D2CB
text
#15130B
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

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#C3BB51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva