#C3BE35#C3BE35

#C3BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.151 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE35
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -13.83, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 66.85, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0449 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.151 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5634, 48.6875, 10.5757)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE35 #353AC3

analogous

#C37735 #C3BE35 #81C335

triadic

#C3BE35 #35C3BE #BE35C3

tetradic

#C3BE35 #35C377 #353AC3 #C33581

square

#C3BE35 #35C377 #353AC3 #C33581

split-complementary

#C3BE35 #3581C3 #7735C3

monochromatic

#63601B #938F28 #C3BE35 #D4D061 #E1DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C3BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C3BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE35

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE35	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.151 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d176',
    500: '#c3be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be35;
$custom-light: #d9d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.15107,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE35

secondary

#888ACC

accent

#4DE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE35

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

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