#C3BD52#C3BD52

#C3BD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.129 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD52
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 57.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -11.61, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 54.88, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0356 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.129 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.2276, 48.6078, 15.1389)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD52 #5258C3

analogous

#C38552 #C3BD52 #91C352

triadic

#C3BD52 #52C3BD #BD52C3

tetradic

#C3BD52 #52C385 #5258C3 #C35291

square

#C3BD52 #52C385 #5258C3 #C35291

split-complementary

#C3BD52 #5291C3 #8552C3

monochromatic

#736F28 #A09B38 #C3BD52 #D3CE7F #E3E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C3BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C3BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD52

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD52	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)

#CCB747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.129 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d086',
    500: '#c3bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd52;
$custom-light: #d8d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78225,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD52

secondary

#A0A3D0

accent

#57D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD52

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

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