#C3BB56#C3BB56

#C3BB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BB56
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 55.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -10.28, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 52.27, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0314 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.123 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9570, 47.8160, 15.8216)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BB56 #565EC3

analogous

#C38456 #C3BB56 #95C356

triadic

#C3BB56 #56C3BB #BB56C3

tetradic

#C3BB56 #56C384 #565EC3 #C35695

square

#C3BB56 #56C384 #565EC3 #C35695

split-complementary

#C3BB56 #5695C3 #8456C3

monochromatic

#75702A #A29B3A #C3BB56 #D3CD83 #E3DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C3BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C3BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB56

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BB56	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cf89',
    500: '#c3bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bb56;
$custom-light: #d7cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77842,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BB56

secondary

#A4A7D1

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BB56

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

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