#C3C262#C3C262

#C3C262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.119 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C262
RGB	rgb(195, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 49.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -12.86, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 49.62, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0374 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.119 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0031, 51.0686, 19.0922)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C262 #6263C3

analogous

#C39162 #C3C262 #94C362

triadic

#C3C262 #62C3C2 #C262C3

tetradic

#C3C262 #62C391 #6263C3 #C36294

square

#C3C262 #62C391 #6263C3 #C36294

split-complementary

#C3C262 #6294C3 #9162C3

monochromatic

#7B7B2F #A8A740 #C3C262 #D4D38E #E5E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C3C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C3C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C262

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C262	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.119 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d491',
    500: '#c3c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c262;
$custom-light: #d7d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 44.7,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79485,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C262

secondary

#454684

accent

#55D453

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C262

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

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