#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
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -13.23, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 65.80, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0431 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.149 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3945, 48.2746, 10.7511)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C3BD37	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)

#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

Preview with #C3BD37

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

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