#C3BC40#C3BC40

#C3BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.142 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BC40
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -12.26, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 62.07, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0394 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.142 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4159, 47.9402, 11.9213)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BC40 #4047C3

analogous

#C37A40 #C3BC40 #88C340

triadic

#C3BC40 #40C3BC #BC40C3

tetradic

#C3BC40 #40C37A #4047C3 #C34088

square

#C3BC40 #40C37A #4047C3 #C34088

split-complementary

#C3BC40 #4088C3 #7A40C3

monochromatic

#686421 #97912F #C3BC40 #D2CC6F #E0DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C3BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C3BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BC40

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BC40	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.142 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf7c',
    500: '#c3bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bc40;
$custom-light: #d8cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77843,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BC40

secondary

#9295CC

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BC40

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

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