#C3BE45#C3BE45

#C3BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.140 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE45
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -12.99, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 60.83, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0409 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.14 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9948, 48.8601, 12.8479)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE45 #454AC3

analogous

#C37F45 #C3BE45 #89C345

triadic

#C3BE45 #45C3BE #BE45C3

tetradic

#C3BE45 #45C37F #454AC3 #C34589

square

#C3BE45 #45C37F #454AC3 #C34589

split-complementary

#C3BE45 #4589C3 #7F45C3

monochromatic

#6B6823 #999531 #C3BE45 #D2CE73 #E1DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C3BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE45

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE45	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.140 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d17f',
    500: '#c3be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be45;
$custom-light: #d8d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78315,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE45

secondary

#9698CE

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE45

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

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