#C3BE36#C3BE36

#C3BE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.150 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE36
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -13.79, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 66.51, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0447 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.15 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5866, 48.6968, 10.6981)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE36 #363BC3

analogous

#C37836 #C3BE36 #82C336

triadic

#C3BE36 #36C3BE #BE36C3

tetradic

#C3BE36 #36C378 #363BC3 #C33682

square

#C3BE36 #36C378 #363BC3 #C33682

split-complementary

#C3BE36 #3682C3 #7836C3

monochromatic

#63611B #938F29 #C3BE36 #D4D063 #E1DE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C3BE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C3BE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE36

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE36	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)

#CEB71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.150 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d177',
    500: '#c3be36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be36;
$custom-light: #d9d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78201,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE36

secondary

#898BCC

accent

#4DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE36

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

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