#C3BB59#C3BB59

#C3BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.120 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BB59
RGB	rgb(195, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -10.04, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 50.88, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0303 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.12 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0804, 47.8654, 16.4716)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BB59 #5961C3

analogous

#C38659 #C3BB59 #96C359

triadic

#C3BB59 #59C3BB #BB59C3

tetradic

#C3BB59 #59C386 #5961C3 #C35996

square

#C3BB59 #59C386 #5961C3 #C35996

split-complementary

#C3BB59 #5996C3 #8659C3

monochromatic

#77712B #A49C3B #C3BB59 #D3CD86 #E3E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C3BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C3BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BB59

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BB59	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.120 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cf8b',
    500: '#c3bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bb59;
$custom-light: #d7cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BB59

secondary

#A6A9D2

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BB59

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

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