#C3C238#C3C238

#C3C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.153 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C238
RGB	rgb(195, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -15.71, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 67.27, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0499 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.153 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.5128, 50.4725, 11.2434)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C238 #3839C3

analogous

#C37D38 #C3C238 #7FC338

triadic

#C3C238 #38C3C2 #C238C3

tetradic

#C3C238 #38C37D #3839C3 #C3387F

square

#C3C238 #38C37D #3839C3 #C3387F

split-complementary

#C3C238 #387FC3 #7D38C3

monochromatic

#64631D #93932A #C3C238 #D3D265 #E1E095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C3C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C3C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C238

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C238	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)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.153 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d478',
    500: '#c3c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c238;
$custom-light: #d9d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7908,
    "c": 0.15314,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.50471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C238

secondary

#31316E

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C238

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

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