#C3BD3A#C3BD3A

#C3BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.147 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD3A
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -13.09, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 64.72, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0423 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.147 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4686, 48.3042, 11.1414)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD3A #3A40C3

analogous

#C3783A #C3BD3A #85C33A

triadic

#C3BD3A #3AC3BD #BD3AC3

tetradic

#C3BD3A #3AC378 #3A40C3 #C33A85

square

#C3BD3A #3AC378 #3A40C3 #C33A85

split-complementary

#C3BD3A #3A85C3 #783AC3

monochromatic

#65621E #948F2C #C3BD3A #D2CD68 #E0DD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C3BD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD3A

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD3A	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)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.147 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d079',
    500: '#c3bd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd3a;
$custom-light: #d9d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78013,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD3A

secondary

#8D90CC

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD3A

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

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