#C3BD35#C3BD35

#C3BD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.150 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD35
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -13.33, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 66.50, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0435 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.15 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3475, 48.2558, 10.5038)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD35 #353BC3

analogous

#C37635 #C3BD35 #82C335

triadic

#C3BD35 #35C3BD #BD35C3

tetradic

#C3BD35 #35C376 #353BC3 #C33582

square

#C3BD35 #35C376 #353BC3 #C33582

split-complementary

#C3BD35 #3582C3 #7635C3

monochromatic

#63601B #938E28 #C3BD35 #D4CF61 #E1DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C3BD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD35

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD35	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)

#CDB61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.150 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d076',
    500: '#c3bd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd35;
$custom-light: #d9d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77979,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD35

secondary

#888BCC

accent

#4EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD35

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

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