#C3BE3B#C3BE3B

#C3BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.147 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE3B
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -13.55, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 64.71, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0435 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.147 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7101, 48.7462, 11.3487)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE3B #3B40C3

analogous

#C37A3B #C3BE3B #84C33B

triadic

#C3BE3B #3BC3BE #BE3BC3

tetradic

#C3BE3B #3BC37A #3B40C3 #C33B84

square

#C3BE3B #3BC37A #3B40C3 #C33B84

split-complementary

#C3BE3B #3B84C3 #7A3BC3

monochromatic

#65621F #94902D #C3BE3B #D2CE69 #E0DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C3BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE3B

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE3B	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.147 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d179',
    500: '#c3be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be3b;
$custom-light: #d9d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78236,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE3B

secondary

#8E90CC

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE3B

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

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