#C3BE52#C3BE52

#C3BE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.130 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE52
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -12.12, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 55.29, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.037 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.13 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4434, 49.0395, 15.2108)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE52 #5257C3

analogous

#C38652 #C3BE52 #90C352

triadic

#C3BE52 #52C3BE #BE52C3

tetradic

#C3BE52 #52C386 #5257C3 #C35290

square

#C3BE52 #52C386 #5257C3 #C35290

split-complementary

#C3BE52 #5290C3 #8652C3

monochromatic

#736F28 #A09C38 #C3BE52 #D3CF7F #E3E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C3BE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C3BE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE52

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE52	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.130 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d187',
    500: '#c3be52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be52;
$custom-light: #d8d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7844,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE52

secondary

#A0A3D0

accent

#56D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE52

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

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