#C3BE49#C3BE49

#C3BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.137 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE49
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -12.74, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 59.18, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0398 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.137 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1232, 48.9114, 13.5240)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE49 #494EC3

analogous

#C38149 #C3BE49 #8BC349

triadic

#C3BE49 #49C3BE #BE49C3

tetradic

#C3BE49 #49C381 #494EC3 #C3498B

square

#C3BE49 #49C381 #494EC3 #C3498B

split-complementary

#C3BE49 #498BC3 #8149C3

monochromatic

#6E6A24 #9C9733 #C3BE49 #D2CE77 #E1DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C3BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE49

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE49	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.137 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d181',
    500: '#c3be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be49;
$custom-light: #d8d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78351,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE49

secondary

#999CCE

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE49

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

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