#C3BD3B#C3BD3B

#C3BD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.146 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3BD3B
RGBrgb(195, 189, 59)
HSLhsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(57, 70%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.1%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.02, -13.04, 63.01)
CIE-LCHlch(75.02, 64.35, 101.69°)
OKLaboklab(78.02% -0.0421 0.1402)
OKLCHoklch(78.02% 0.146 106.7)
XYZxyz(41.4943, 48.3145, 11.2767)
Luminance0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3BD3B #3B41C3
analogous
#C3793B #C3BD3B #85C33B
triadic
#C3BD3B #3BC3BD #BD3BC3
tetradic
#C3BD3B #3BC379 #3B41C3 #C33B85
square
#C3BD3B #3BC379 #3B41C3 #C33B85
split-complementary
#C3BD3B #3B85C3 #793BC3
monochromatic
#65621F #948F2D #C3BD3B #D2CD69 #E0DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#C3BD3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66
#C3BD3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD3B
10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3BD3B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3BD3B1.001.9710.6610.66
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6621.001.001.00
##00000010.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB626
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BB44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1B1A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3bd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.146 106.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d079',
    500: '#c3bd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3bd3b;
$custom-light: #d9d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3bd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7802,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3BD3B
secondary
#8E91CC
accent
#51DD4B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#15130A
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD3B

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

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#C3BD3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva