#C3C045#C3C045

#C3C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.142 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C045
RGB	rgb(195, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -14.01, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 61.60, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0438 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.142 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4309, 49.7324, 12.9933)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C045 #4548C3

analogous

#C38145 #C3C045 #87C345

triadic

#C3C045 #45C3C0 #C045C3

tetradic

#C3C045 #45C381 #4548C3 #C34587

square

#C3C045 #45C381 #4548C3 #C34587

split-complementary

#C3C045 #4587C3 #8145C3

monochromatic

#6B6923 #999731 #C3C045 #D2D073 #E1DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C3C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#C3C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C045

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C045	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.142 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d27f',
    500: '#c3c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c045;
$custom-light: #d8d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78746,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C045

secondary

#9698CE

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C045

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

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