#C3C038#C3C038

#C3C038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.151 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C038
RGB	rgb(195, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -14.71, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 66.53, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0471 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.151 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0707, 49.5883, 11.0960)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C038 #383BC3

analogous

#C37B38 #C3C038 #81C338

triadic

#C3C038 #38C3C0 #C038C3

tetradic

#C3C038 #38C37B #383BC3 #C33881

square

#C3C038 #38C37B #383BC3 #C33881

split-complementary

#C3C038 #3881C3 #7B38C3

monochromatic

#64621D #93912A #C3C038 #D3D165 #E1DF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C3C038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C3C038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C038

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C038	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)

#D0B820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.151 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d278',
    500: '#c3c038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c038;
$custom-light: #d9d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78647,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C038

secondary

#8B8CCC

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C038

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

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