#C3BC3E#C3BC3E

#C3BC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.143 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BC3E
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -12.37, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 62.85, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0399 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.143 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3600, 47.9178, 11.6269)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BC3E #3E45C3

analogous

#C3793E #C3BC3E #87C33E

triadic

#C3BC3E #3EC3BC #BC3EC3

tetradic

#C3BC3E #3EC379 #3E45C3 #C33E87

square

#C3BC3E #3EC379 #3E45C3 #C33E87

split-complementary

#C3BC3E #3E87C3 #793EC3

monochromatic

#676320 #95902E #C3BC3E #D2CC6D #E0DC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C3BC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#C3BC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BC3E

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BC3E	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.143 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf7b',
    500: '#c3bc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bc3e;
$custom-light: #d9cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77828,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BC3E

secondary

#9194CC

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BC3E

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

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