#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
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -10.65, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 54.53, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.033 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.128 105)
XYZ	xyz(41.7626, 47.7382, 14.7975)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C3BB51	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C3BB51

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

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