#C3BC59#C3BC59

#C3BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.122 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BC59
RGB	rgb(195, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -10.55, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 51.29, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0318 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.122 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2933, 48.2911, 16.5425)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BC59 #5960C3

analogous

#C38759 #C3BC59 #95C359

triadic

#C3BC59 #59C3BC #BC59C3

tetradic

#C3BC59 #59C387 #5960C3 #C35995

square

#C3BC59 #59C387 #5960C3 #C35995

split-complementary

#C3BC59 #5995C3 #8759C3

monochromatic

#77722B #A49D3B #C3BC59 #D3CE86 #E3E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C3BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BC59

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BC59	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.122 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d08b',
    500: '#c3bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bc59;
$custom-light: #d7d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7809,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BC59

secondary

#A6A9D2

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BC59

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

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