#C3BD42#C3BD42

#C3BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.142 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD42
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -12.66, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 61.66, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0403 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.142 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6882, 48.3921, 12.2978)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD42 #4248C3

analogous

#C37C42 #C3BD42 #88C342

triadic

#C3BD42 #42C3BD #BD42C3

tetradic

#C3BD42 #42C37C #4248C3 #C34288

square

#C3BD42 #42C37C #4248C3 #C34288

split-complementary

#C3BD42 #4288C3 #7C42C3

monochromatic

#696621 #989330 #C3BD42 #D2CD70 #E0DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C3BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD42

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD42	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.142 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d07d',
    500: '#c3bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd42;
$custom-light: #d8d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78075,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD42

secondary

#9497CD

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD42

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

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