#C3BD4E#C3BD4E

#C3BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.132 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD4E
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -11.89, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 56.65, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0368 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.132 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0798, 48.5487, 14.3605)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD4E #4E54C3

analogous

#C3824E #C3BD4E #8EC34E

triadic

#C3BD4E #4EC3BD #BD4EC3

tetradic

#C3BD4E #4EC382 #4E54C3 #C34E8E

square

#C3BD4E #4EC382 #4E54C3 #C34E8E

split-complementary

#C3BD4E #4E8EC3 #824EC3

monochromatic

#706D26 #9E9936 #C3BD4E #D2CE7C #E2DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C3BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C3BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD4E

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD4E	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.132 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d084',
    500: '#c3bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd4e;
$custom-light: #d8d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78184,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD4E

secondary

#9DA0CF

accent

#56D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD4E

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

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