#C3C042#C3C042

#C3C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.145 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C042
RGB	rgb(195, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -14.18, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 62.80, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0446 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.145 108)
XYZ	xyz(42.3402, 49.6960, 12.5152)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C042 #4245C3

analogous

#C37F42 #C3C042 #85C342

triadic

#C3C042 #42C3C0 #C042C3

tetradic

#C3C042 #42C37F #4245C3 #C34285

square

#C3C042 #42C37F #4245C3 #C34285

split-complementary

#C3C042 #4285C3 #7F42C3

monochromatic

#696821 #989530 #C3C042 #D2CF70 #E0DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C3C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C3C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C042

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C042	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.145 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d27d',
    500: '#c3c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c042;
$custom-light: #d8d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78721,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.49695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C042

secondary

#9495CD

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C042

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

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