#C3BE3E#C3BE3E

#C3BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.145 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE3E
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -13.39, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 63.59, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0428 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.145 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7902, 48.7782, 11.7703)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE3E #3E43C3

analogous

#C37B3E #C3BE3E #86C33E

triadic

#C3BE3E #3EC3BE #BE3EC3

tetradic

#C3BE3E #3EC37B #3E43C3 #C33E86

square

#C3BE3E #3EC37B #3E43C3 #C33E86

split-complementary

#C3BE3E #3E86C3 #7B3EC3

monochromatic

#676420 #95912E #C3BE3E #D2CE6D #E0DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C3BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE3E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE3E	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.145 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d17b',
    500: '#c3be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be3e;
$custom-light: #d8d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78258,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE3E

secondary

#9193CC

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE3E

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

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