#C3BC56#C3BC56

#C3BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.124 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BC56
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 55.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -10.79, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 52.67, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0328 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.124 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1699, 48.2418, 15.8925)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BC56 #565DC3

analogous

#C38656 #C3BC56 #93C356

triadic

#C3BC56 #56C3BC #BC56C3

tetradic

#C3BC56 #56C386 #565DC3 #C35693

square

#C3BC56 #56C386 #565DC3 #C35693

split-complementary

#C3BC56 #5693C3 #8656C3

monochromatic

#75702A #A29B3A #C3BC56 #D3CE83 #E3E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C3BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BC56

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BC56	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.124 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d089',
    500: '#c3bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bc56;
$custom-light: #d7d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78056,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BC56

secondary

#A4A6D1

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BC56

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

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