#C3BC42#C3BC42

#C3BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.141 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BC42
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -12.15, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 61.28, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0389 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.141 106)
XYZ	xyz(41.4738, 47.9633, 12.2264)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BC42 #4249C3

analogous

#C37B42 #C3BC42 #89C342

triadic

#C3BC42 #42C3BC #BC42C3

tetradic

#C3BC42 #42C37B #4249C3 #C34289

square

#C3BC42 #42C37B #4249C3 #C34289

split-complementary

#C3BC42 #4289C3 #7B42C3

monochromatic

#696521 #989230 #C3BC42 #D2CC70 #E0DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C3BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C3BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BC42

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BC42	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)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.141 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf7d',
    500: '#c3bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bc42;
$custom-light: #d8cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7786,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.47962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BC42

secondary

#9497CD

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BC42

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

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