#C3BD46#C3BD46

#C3BD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD46
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -12.42, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 60.04, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0392 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.139 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8102, 48.4409, 12.9408)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD46 #464CC3

analogous

#C37F46 #C3BD46 #8BC346

triadic

#C3BD46 #46C3BD #BD46C3

tetradic

#C3BD46 #46C37F #464CC3 #C3468B

square

#C3BD46 #46C37F #464CC3 #C3468B

split-complementary

#C3BD46 #468BC3 #7F46C3

monochromatic

#6C6823 #9A9532 #C3BD46 #D2CD74 #E1DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C3BD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C3BD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD46

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD46	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d07f',
    500: '#c3bd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd46;
$custom-light: #d8d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78109,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD46

secondary

#979ACE

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD46

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

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