#C3C242#C3C242

#C3C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.147 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C242
RGB	rgb(195, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -15.19, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 63.57, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0475 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.147 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7823, 50.5803, 12.6625)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C242 #4243C3

analogous

#C38142 #C3C242 #83C342

triadic

#C3C242 #42C3C2 #C242C3

tetradic

#C3C242 #42C381 #4243C3 #C34283

square

#C3C242 #42C381 #4243C3 #C34283

split-complementary

#C3C242 #4283C3 #8142C3

monochromatic

#696921 #989730 #C3C242 #D2D170 #E0E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C3C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C3C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C242

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C242	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.147 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d47d',
    500: '#c3c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c242;
$custom-light: #d8d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79153,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C242

secondary

#363673

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C242

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

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