#C3C037#C3C037

#C3C037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.152 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C037
RGB	rgb(195, 192, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -14.75, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 66.88, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0473 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.152 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0465, 49.5786, 10.9685)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C037 #373AC3

analogous

#C37A37 #C3C037 #80C337

triadic

#C3C037 #37C3C0 #C037C3

tetradic

#C3C037 #37C37A #373AC3 #C33780

square

#C3C037 #37C37A #373AC3 #C33780

split-complementary

#C3C037 #3780C3 #7A37C3

monochromatic

#64621C #93912A #C3C037 #D3D164 #E1DF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C3C037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C3C037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C037

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C037	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 192, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.152 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d277',
    500: '#c3c037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c037;
$custom-light: #d9d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7864,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C037

secondary

#8A8BCC

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C037

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

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