#C3BE42#C3BE42

#C3BE42 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	#C3BE42
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -13.17, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 62.03, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0417 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.143 107)
XYZ	xyz(41.9040, 48.8237, 12.3698)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE42 #4247C3

analogous

#C37D42 #C3BE42 #87C342

triadic

#C3BE42 #42C3BE #BE42C3

tetradic

#C3BE42 #42C37D #4247C3 #C34287

square

#C3BE42 #42C37D #4247C3 #C34287

split-complementary

#C3BE42 #4287C3 #7D42C3

monochromatic

#696621 #989430 #C3BE42 #D2CE70 #E0DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C3BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE42

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE42	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)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.143 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d17d',
    500: '#c3be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be42;
$custom-light: #d8d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7829,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.48822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE42

secondary

#9496CD

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE42

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

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