#C3BD44#C3BD44

#C3BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.140 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD44
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 65.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -12.54, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 60.85, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0398 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.14 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7482, 48.4161, 12.6138)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD44 #444AC3

analogous

#C37E44 #C3BD44 #8AC344

triadic

#C3BD44 #44C3BD #BD44C3

tetradic

#C3BD44 #44C37E #444AC3 #C3448A

square

#C3BD44 #44C37E #444AC3 #C3448A

split-complementary

#C3BD44 #448AC3 #7E44C3

monochromatic

#6A6722 #999431 #C3BD44 #D2CD72 #E1DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C3BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C3BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD44

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD44	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)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.140 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d07e',
    500: '#c3bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd44;
$custom-light: #d8d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78091,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD44

secondary

#9598CD

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD44

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

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