#C3BD38#C3BD38

#C3BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.148 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3BD38
RGBrgb(195, 189, 56)
HSLhsl(57, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(57, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.1%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.00, -13.19, 64.10)
CIE-LCHlch(75.00, 65.44, 101.62°)
OKLaboklab(78% -0.0428 0.142)
OKLCHoklch(78% 0.148 106.8)
XYZxyz(41.4187, 48.2843, 10.8787)
Luminance0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3BD38 #383EC3
analogous
#C37838 #C3BD38 #84C338
triadic
#C3BD38 #38C3BD #BD38C3
tetradic
#C3BD38 #38C378 #383EC3 #C33884
square
#C3BD38 #38C378 #383EC3 #C33884
split-complementary
#C3BD38 #3884C3 #7838C3
monochromatic
#64611D #938F2A #C3BD38 #D3CE65 #E1DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#C3BD38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66
#C3BD38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD38
10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3BD38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3BD381.001.9710.6610.66
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6621.001.001.00
##00000010.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB621
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BB42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1B0A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.148 106.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d078',
    500: '#c3bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3bd38;
$custom-light: #d9d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77999,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3BD38
secondary
#8B8ECC
accent
#50DF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C3BD38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva