#C3C342#C3C342

#C3C342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.148 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C342
RGB	rgb(195, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -15.70, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 63.96, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0489 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.148 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0056, 51.0269, 12.7370)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C342 #4242C3

analogous

#C38242 #C3C342 #82C342

triadic

#C3C342 #42C3C3 #C342C3

tetradic

#C3C342 #42C382 #4242C3 #C34282

square

#C3C342 #42C382 #4242C3 #C34282

split-complementary

#C3C342 #4282C3 #8242C3

monochromatic

#696921 #989830 #C3C342 #D2D270 #E0E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C3C342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C3C342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C342

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C342	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)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.148 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d47d',
    500: '#c3c342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c342;
$custom-light: #d8d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79369,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C342

secondary

#363673

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C342

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

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