#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
RGBrgb(195, 189, 64)
HSLhsl(57, 52%, 51%)
HSVhsv(57, 67%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.1%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.06, -12.77, 61.12)
CIE-LCHlch(75.06, 62.44, 101.80°)
OKLaboklab(78.06% -0.0408 0.1371)
OKLCHoklch(78.06% 0.143 106.6)
XYZxyz(41.6302, 48.3689, 11.9927)
Luminance0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C3BD401.001.9710.6710.67
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6721.001.001.00
##00000010.6721.001.001.00

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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#C3BD40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva