#C3BD3E#C3BD3E

#C3BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD3E
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -12.88, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 63.22, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0414 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5743, 48.3465, 11.6983)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD3E #3E44C3

analogous

#C37A3E #C3BD3E #87C33E

triadic

#C3BD3E #3EC3BD #BD3EC3

tetradic

#C3BD3E #3EC37A #3E44C3 #C33E87

square

#C3BD3E #3EC37A #3E44C3 #C33E87

split-complementary

#C3BD3E #3E87C3 #7A3EC3

monochromatic

#676320 #95912E #C3BD3E #D2CD6D #E0DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C3BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD3E

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD3E	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)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d07b',
    500: '#c3bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd3e;
$custom-light: #d8d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD3E

secondary

#9193CC

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD3E

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

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