#C3BE41#C3BE41

#C3BE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.143 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE41
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -13.22, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 62.43, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.042 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.143 107)
XYZ	xyz(41.8748, 48.8121, 12.2159)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE41 #4146C3

analogous

#C37D41 #C3BE41 #87C341

triadic

#C3BE41 #41C3BE #BE41C3

tetradic

#C3BE41 #41C37D #4146C3 #C34187

square

#C3BE41 #41C37D #4146C3 #C34187

split-complementary

#C3BE41 #4187C3 #7D41C3

monochromatic

#696621 #979330 #C3BE41 #D2CE70 #E0DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C3BE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE41

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE41	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)

#CEB72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.143 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d17c',
    500: '#c3be41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be41;
$custom-light: #d8d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78282,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.48811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE41

secondary

#9395CD

accent

#52DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE41

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

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