#C3BE4E#C3BE4E

#C3BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.133 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE4E
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 60%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -12.40, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 57.04, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0383 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.133 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2956, 48.9804, 14.4324)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE4E #4E53C3

analogous

#C3834E #C3BE4E #8DC34E

triadic

#C3BE4E #4EC3BE #BE4EC3

tetradic

#C3BE4E #4EC383 #4E53C3 #C34E8D

square

#C3BE4E #4EC383 #4E53C3 #C34E8D

split-complementary

#C3BE4E #4E8DC3 #834EC3

monochromatic

#706D26 #9E9A36 #C3BE4E #D2CF7C #E2E0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C3BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C3BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE4E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE4E	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.133 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d184',
    500: '#c3be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be4e;
$custom-light: #d8d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78399,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE4E

secondary

#9D9FCF

accent

#55D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE4E

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

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