#C3BE39#C3BE39

#C3BE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.149 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE39
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -13.64, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 65.44, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.044 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.149 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6592, 48.7258, 11.0807)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE39 #393EC3

analogous

#C37939 #C3BE39 #83C339

triadic

#C3BE39 #39C3BE #BE39C3

tetradic

#C3BE39 #39C379 #393EC3 #C33983

square

#C3BE39 #39C379 #393EC3 #C33983

split-complementary

#C3BE39 #3983C3 #7939C3

monochromatic

#64621D #94902B #C3BE39 #D2CF67 #E0DE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C3BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE39

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE39	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#CEB722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.149 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d178',
    500: '#c3be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be39;
$custom-light: #d9d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78221,
    "c": 0.14865,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE39

secondary

#8C8ECC

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE39

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

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