#C3BE53#C3BE53

#C3BE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.129 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE53
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -12.04, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 54.84, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0367 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.129 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4818, 49.0548, 15.4127)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE53 #5358C3

analogous

#C38653 #C3BE53 #90C353

triadic

#C3BE53 #53C3BE #BE53C3

tetradic

#C3BE53 #53C386 #5358C3 #C35390

square

#C3BE53 #53C386 #5358C3 #C35390

split-complementary

#C3BE53 #5390C3 #8653C3

monochromatic

#737028 #A19C38 #C3BE53 #D3CF80 #E3E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C3BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C3BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE53

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE53	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)

#CDB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.129 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d187',
    500: '#c3be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be53;
$custom-light: #d8d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7845,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE53

secondary

#A1A3D1

accent

#56D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE53

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

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