#C3BD97#C3BD97

#C3BD97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.052 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BD97
RGB	rgb(195, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 22.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -4.08, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 20.43, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.009 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.052 100)
XYZ	xyz(46.2891, 50.2324, 36.5295)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BD97 #979DC3

analogous

#C3A797 #C3BD97 #B3C397

triadic

#C3BD97 #97C3BD #BD97C3

tetradic

#C3BD97 #97C3A7 #979DC3 #C397B3

square

#C3BD97 #97C3A7 #979DC3 #C397B3

split-complementary

#C3BD97 #97B3C3 #A797C3

monochromatic

#8E8652 #ADA470 #C3BD97 #D9D6BE #F0EEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C3BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C3BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BD97

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BD97	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.052 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d0b5',
    500: '#c3bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bd97;
$custom-light: #d5d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7935,
    "c": 0.0518,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.50232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BD97

secondary

#676E97

accent

#4EA540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BD97

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

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