#C3BD37#C3BD37

#C3BD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.149 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3BD37
RGBrgb(195, 189, 55)
HSLhsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(57, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.1%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.00, -13.23, 64.45)
CIE-LCHlch(75.00, 65.80, 101.60°)
OKLaboklab(77.99% -0.0431 0.1426)
OKLCHoklch(77.99% 0.149 106.8)
XYZxyz(41.3945, 48.2746, 10.7511)
Luminance0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3BD37 #373DC3
analogous
#C37737 #C3BD37 #83C337
triadic
#C3BD37 #37C3BD #BD37C3
tetradic
#C3BD37 #37C377 #373DC3 #C33783
square
#C3BD37 #37C377 #373DC3 #C33783
split-complementary
#C3BD37 #3783C3 #7737C3
monochromatic
#64601C #938F2A #C3BD37 #D3CE64 #E1DD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#C3BD37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65
#C3BD37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD37
10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3BD37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3BD371.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB61F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BB41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1B0A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.149 106.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d077',
    500: '#c3bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3bd37;
$custom-light: #d9d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3BD37
secondary
#8A8DCC
accent
#4FDF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C3BD37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva