#C3C040#C3C040

#C3C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.146 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C040
RGB	rgb(195, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -14.29, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 63.58, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0451 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.146 108)
XYZ	xyz(42.2822, 49.6729, 12.2100)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C040 #4043C3

analogous

#C37E40 #C3C040 #84C340

triadic

#C3C040 #40C3C0 #C040C3

tetradic

#C3C040 #40C37E #4043C3 #C34084

square

#C3C040 #40C37E #4043C3 #C34084

split-complementary

#C3C040 #4084C3 #7E40C3

monochromatic

#686621 #97942F #C3C040 #D2CF6F #E0DF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C3C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C3C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C040

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C040	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.146 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d27c',
    500: '#c3c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c040;
$custom-light: #d8d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78705,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.49672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C040

secondary

#9294CC

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C040

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

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