#C3BE4D#C3BE4D

#C3BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE4D
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 60.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -12.47, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 57.48, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0386 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.134 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2601, 48.9662, 14.2451)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE4D #4D52C3

analogous

#C3834D #C3BE4D #8DC34D

triadic

#C3BE4D #4DC3BE #BE4DC3

tetradic

#C3BE4D #4DC383 #4D52C3 #C34D8D

square

#C3BE4D #4DC383 #4D52C3 #C34D8D

split-complementary

#C3BE4D #4D8DC3 #834DC3

monochromatic

#706D26 #9E9935 #C3BE4D #D2CF7B #E2DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C3BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE4D

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE4D	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d183',
    500: '#c3be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be4d;
$custom-light: #d8d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78389,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE4D

secondary

#9D9FCF

accent

#55D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE4D

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

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