#C3BE9D#C3BE9D

#C3BE9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.045 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BE9D
RGB	rgb(195, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 19.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -3.72, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 17.73, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.008 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.045 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0047, 50.8640, 39.2333)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BE9D #9DA2C3

analogous

#C3AB9D #C3BE9D #B5C39D

triadic

#C3BE9D #9DC3BE #BE9DC3

tetradic

#C3BE9D #9DC3AB #9DA2C3 #C39DB5

square

#C3BE9D #9DC3AB #9DA2C3 #C39DB5

split-complementary

#C3BE9D #9DB5C3 #AB9DC3

monochromatic

#8E8757 #ACA577 #C3BE9D #DAD7C3 #F1F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C3BE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C3BE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BE9D

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BE9D	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3be9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.045 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d1ba',
    500: '#c3be9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3be9d;
$custom-light: #d5d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3be9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 24.051,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79694,
    "c": 0.04515,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BE9D

secondary

#6D7397

accent

#50A343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BE9D

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

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