#C3BD40#C3BD40

#C3BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.143 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD40
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -12.77, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 62.44, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0408 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.143 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6302, 48.3689, 11.9927)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD40 #4046C3

analogous

#C37B40 #C3BD40 #87C340

triadic

#C3BD40 #40C3BD #BD40C3

tetradic

#C3BD40 #40C37B #4046C3 #C34087

square

#C3BD40 #40C37B #4046C3 #C34087

split-complementary

#C3BD40 #4087C3 #7B40C3

monochromatic

#686521 #97922F #C3BD40 #D2CD6F #E0DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C3BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD40

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD40	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)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.143 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d07c',
    500: '#c3bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd40;
$custom-light: #d8d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD40

secondary

#9295CC

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD40

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

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