#C3BD3D#C3BD3D

#C3BD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD3D
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -12.93, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 63.60, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0416 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5471, 48.3356, 11.5552)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD3D #3D43C3

analogous

#C37A3D #C3BD3D #86C33D

triadic

#C3BD3D #3DC3BD #BD3DC3

tetradic

#C3BD3D #3DC37A #3D43C3 #C33D86

square

#C3BD3D #3DC37A #3D43C3 #C33D86

split-complementary

#C3BD3D #3D86C3 #7A3DC3

monochromatic

#666320 #95902E #C3BD3D #D1CD6C #E0DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C3BD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD3D

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD3D	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07a',
    500: '#c3bd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd3d;
$custom-light: #d9d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78035,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD3D

secondary

#9093CC

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD3D

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

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