#C3BE9B#C3BE9B

#C3BE9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.048 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE9B
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 20.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -4.02, 18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 18.78, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0088 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.048 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8353, 50.7963, 38.3414)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE9B #9BA0C3

analogous

#C3AA9B #C3BE9B #B4C39B

triadic

#C3BE9B #9BC3BE #BE9BC3

tetradic

#C3BE9B #9BC3AA #9BA0C3 #C39BB4

square

#C3BE9B #9BC3AA #9BA0C3 #C39BB4

split-complementary

#C3BE9B #9BB4C3 #AA9BC3

monochromatic

#8E8755 #ACA575 #C3BE9B #DAD7C1 #F1F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C3BE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C3BE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE9B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE9B	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.048 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1b8',
    500: '#c3be9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be9b;
$custom-light: #d5d1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79648,
    "c": 0.04776,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE9B

secondary

#6B7197

accent

#4EA442

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE9B

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

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