#C3BC38#C3BC38

#C3BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.147 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BC38
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -12.68, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 65.08, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0414 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.147 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2043, 47.8555, 10.8072)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BC38 #383FC3

analogous

#C37638 #C3BC38 #85C338

triadic

#C3BC38 #38C3BC #BC38C3

tetradic

#C3BC38 #38C376 #383FC3 #C33885

square

#C3BC38 #38C376 #383FC3 #C33885

split-complementary

#C3BC38 #3885C3 #7638C3

monochromatic

#64601D #938E2A #C3BC38 #D3CD65 #E1DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C3BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C3BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BC38

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BC38	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.147 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf77',
    500: '#c3bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bc38;
$custom-light: #d9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77784,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BC38

secondary

#8B8ECC

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BC38

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

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