#C3BD49#C3BD49

#C3BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.136 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD49
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -12.23, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 58.79, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0383 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.136 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9073, 48.4797, 13.4520)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD49 #494FC3

analogous

#C38049 #C3BD49 #8CC349

triadic

#C3BD49 #49C3BD #BD49C3

tetradic

#C3BD49 #49C380 #494FC3 #C3498C

square

#C3BD49 #49C380 #494FC3 #C3498C

split-complementary

#C3BD49 #498CC3 #8049C3

monochromatic

#6E6A24 #9C9633 #C3BD49 #D2CE77 #E1DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C3BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C3BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD49

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD49	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.136 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d081',
    500: '#c3bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd49;
$custom-light: #d8d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78136,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD49

secondary

#999CCE

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD49

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

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