#C3C138#C3C138

#C3C138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.152 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C138
RGB	rgb(195, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -15.21, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 66.90, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0485 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.152 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2910, 50.0289, 11.1694)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C138 #383AC3

analogous

#C37C38 #C3C138 #80C338

triadic

#C3C138 #38C3C1 #C138C3

tetradic

#C3C138 #38C37C #383AC3 #C33880

square

#C3C138 #38C37C #383AC3 #C33880

split-complementary

#C3C138 #3880C3 #7C38C3

monochromatic

#64631D #93922A #C3C138 #D3D165 #E1DF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C3C138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C3C138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C138

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C138	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.152 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d378',
    500: '#c3c138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c138;
$custom-light: #d9d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78863,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C138

secondary

#31326E

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C138

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

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