#C3BD3C#C3BD3C

#C3BD3C 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	#C3BD3C
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -12.99, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 63.98, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0419 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5205, 48.3250, 11.4146)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD3C #3C42C3

analogous

#C3793C #C3BD3C #86C33C

triadic

#C3BD3C #3CC3BD #BD3CC3

tetradic

#C3BD3C #3CC379 #3C42C3 #C33C86

square

#C3BD3C #3CC379 #3C42C3 #C33C86

split-complementary

#C3BD3C #3C86C3 #793CC3

monochromatic

#65621F #94902E #C3BD3C #D1CD6B #E0DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C3BD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD3C

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD3C	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)

#CDB628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07a',
    500: '#c3bd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd3c;
$custom-light: #d9d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78028,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD3C

secondary

#8F92CC

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD3C

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

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