#C3C142#C3C142

#C3C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.146 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C142
RGB	rgb(195, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -14.69, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 63.18, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.046 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.146 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5605, 50.1367, 12.5886)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C142 #4244C3

analogous

#C38042 #C3C142 #84C342

triadic

#C3C142 #42C3C1 #C142C3

tetradic

#C3C142 #42C380 #4244C3 #C34284

square

#C3C142 #42C380 #4244C3 #C34284

split-complementary

#C3C142 #4284C3 #8042C3

monochromatic

#696821 #989630 #C3C142 #D2D070 #E0DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C3C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#C3C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C142

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C142	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.146 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d37d',
    500: '#c3c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c142;
$custom-light: #d8d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78937,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C142

secondary

#363773

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C142

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

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