#C3BE50#C3BE50

#C3BE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.132 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE50
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 59%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -12.26, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 56.17, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0377 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.132 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3684, 49.0095, 14.8158)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE50 #5055C3

analogous

#C38550 #C3BE50 #8FC350

triadic

#C3BE50 #50C3BE #BE50C3

tetradic

#C3BE50 #50C385 #5055C3 #C3508F

square

#C3BE50 #50C385 #5055C3 #C3508F

split-complementary

#C3BE50 #508FC3 #8550C3

monochromatic

#726E27 #9F9B37 #C3BE50 #D3CF7E #E2E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C3BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C3BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE50

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE50	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#CDB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.132 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d185',
    500: '#c3be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be50;
$custom-light: #d8d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78419,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE50

secondary

#9FA1D0

accent

#55D84F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE50

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

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