#C3BD4A#C3BD4A

#C3BD4A 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	#C3BD4A
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -12.16, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 58.37, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.038 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.136 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9407, 48.4931, 13.6281)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD4A #4A50C3

analogous

#C3814A #C3BD4A #8CC34A

triadic

#C3BD4A #4AC3BD #BD4AC3

tetradic

#C3BD4A #4AC381 #4A50C3 #C34A8C

square

#C3BD4A #4AC381 #4A50C3 #C34A8C

split-complementary

#C3BD4A #4A8CC3 #814AC3

monochromatic

#6E6A24 #9C9734 #C3BD4A #D2CE78 #E1DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C3BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C3BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD4A

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD4A	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)

#CCB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.136 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d082',
    500: '#c3bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd4a;
$custom-light: #d8d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD4A

secondary

#9A9DCF

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD4A

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

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