#C3C236#C3C236

#C3C236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.154 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C236
RGB	rgb(195, 194, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -15.81, 66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 67.96, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0504 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.154 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4649, 50.4533, 10.9909)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C236 #3637C3

analogous

#C37C36 #C3C236 #7EC336

triadic

#C3C236 #36C3C2 #C236C3

tetradic

#C3C236 #36C37C #3637C3 #C3367E

square

#C3C236 #36C37C #3637C3 #C3367E

split-complementary

#C3C236 #367EC3 #7C36C3

monochromatic

#63631B #939229 #C3C236 #D4D363 #E1E092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C3C236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C3C236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C236

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C236	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 194, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.154 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d477',
    500: '#c3c236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c236;
$custom-light: #d9d477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79066,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C236

secondary

#2F306E

accent

#49E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C236

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

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