#C3BD50#C3BD50

#C3BD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.131 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD50
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -11.75, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 55.77, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0362 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.131 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1526, 48.5778, 14.7439)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD50 #5056C3

analogous

#C38450 #C3BD50 #90C350

triadic

#C3BD50 #50C3BD #BD50C3

tetradic

#C3BD50 #50C384 #5056C3 #C35090

square

#C3BD50 #50C384 #5056C3 #C35090

split-complementary

#C3BD50 #5090C3 #8450C3

monochromatic

#726E27 #9F9A37 #C3BD50 #D3CE7E #E2DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C3BD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C3BD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD50

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD50	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.131 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d085',
    500: '#c3bd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd50;
$custom-light: #d8d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD50

secondary

#9FA1D0

accent

#56D84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD50

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

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