#C3BE55#C3BE55

#C3BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.127 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE55
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 56.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -11.89, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 53.94, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0361 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.127 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5601, 49.0862, 15.8252)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE55 #555AC3

analogous

#C38755 #C3BE55 #91C355

triadic

#C3BE55 #55C3BE #BE55C3

tetradic

#C3BE55 #55C387 #555AC3 #C35591

square

#C3BE55 #55C387 #555AC3 #C35591

split-complementary

#C3BE55 #5591C3 #8755C3

monochromatic

#747129 #A29D39 #C3BE55 #D3CF82 #E3E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C3BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C3BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE55

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE55	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.127 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d188',
    500: '#c3be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be55;
$custom-light: #d8d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78472,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE55

secondary

#A3A5D1

accent

#57D750

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE55

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

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