#C3BD39#C3BD39

#C3BD39 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	#C3BD39
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -13.14, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 65.08, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0426 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.148 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4434, 48.2941, 11.0087)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD39 #393FC3

analogous

#C37839 #C3BD39 #84C339

triadic

#C3BD39 #39C3BD #BD39C3

tetradic

#C3BD39 #39C378 #393FC3 #C33984

square

#C3BD39 #39C378 #393FC3 #C33984

split-complementary

#C3BD39 #3984C3 #7839C3

monochromatic

#64611D #948F2B #C3BD39 #D2CE67 #E0DD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C3BD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD39

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD39	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)

#CDB623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.148 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d078',
    500: '#c3bd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd39;
$custom-light: #d9d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD39

secondary

#8C8FCC

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD39

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

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