#C3BE4A#C3BE4A

#C3BE4A 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	#C3BE4A
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -12.67, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 58.76, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0395 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.137 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1566, 48.9248, 13.7000)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE4A #4A4FC3

analogous

#C3824A #C3BE4A #8BC34A

triadic

#C3BE4A #4AC3BE #BE4AC3

tetradic

#C3BE4A #4AC382 #4A4FC3 #C34A8B

square

#C3BE4A #4AC382 #4A4FC3 #C34A8B

split-complementary

#C3BE4A #4A8BC3 #824AC3

monochromatic

#6E6B24 #9C9834 #C3BE4A #D2CF78 #E1DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C3BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE4A

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE4A	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)

#CDB73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.137 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d182',
    500: '#c3be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be4a;
$custom-light: #d8d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7836,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE4A

secondary

#9A9CCF

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE4A

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

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