#C3BE40#C3BE40

#C3BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.144 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE40
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -13.28, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 62.82, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0423 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.144 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8461, 48.8006, 12.0647)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE40 #4045C3

analogous

#C37C40 #C3BE40 #86C340

triadic

#C3BE40 #40C3BE #BE40C3

tetradic

#C3BE40 #40C37C #4045C3 #C34086

square

#C3BE40 #40C37C #4045C3 #C34086

split-complementary

#C3BE40 #4086C3 #7C40C3

monochromatic

#686521 #97932F #C3BE40 #D2CE6F #E0DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C3BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE40

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE40	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)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.144 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d17c',
    500: '#c3be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be40;
$custom-light: #d8d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE40

secondary

#9295CC

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE40

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

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