#C3BF42#C3BF42

#C3BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.144 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3BF42
RGB	rgb(195, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -13.67, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 62.41, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0432 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.144 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1213, 49.2584, 12.4422)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3BF42 #4246C3

analogous

#C37E42 #C3BF42 #86C342

triadic

#C3BF42 #42C3BF #BF42C3

tetradic

#C3BF42 #42C37E #4246C3 #C34286

square

#C3BF42 #42C37E #4246C3 #C34286

split-complementary

#C3BF42 #4286C3 #7E42C3

monochromatic

#696721 #989430 #C3BF42 #D2CF70 #E0DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C3BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C3BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3BF42

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3BF42	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.144 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d27d',
    500: '#c3bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3bf42;
$custom-light: #d8d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78505,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3BF42

secondary

#9496CD

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3BF42

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

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