#C3BE59#C3BE59

#C3BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE59
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -11.58, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 52.11, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0347 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.124 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7235, 49.1515, 16.6859)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE59 #595EC3

analogous

#C38959 #C3BE59 #93C359

triadic

#C3BE59 #59C3BE #BE59C3

tetradic

#C3BE59 #59C389 #595EC3 #C35993

square

#C3BE59 #59C389 #595EC3 #C35993

split-complementary

#C3BE59 #5993C3 #8959C3

monochromatic

#77732B #A49F3B #C3BE59 #D3D086 #E3E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C3BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C3BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE59

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE59	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d18b',
    500: '#c3be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be59;
$custom-light: #d7d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78518,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE59

secondary

#A6A8D2

accent

#58D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE59

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

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