#C3C349#C3C349

#C3C349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.142 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C349
RGB	rgb(195, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -15.27, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 61.17, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.047 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.142 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2247, 51.1146, 13.8912)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C349 #4949C3

analogous

#C38649 #C3C349 #86C349

triadic

#C3C349 #49C3C3 #C349C3

tetradic

#C3C349 #49C386 #4949C3 #C34986

square

#C3C349 #49C386 #4949C3 #C34986

split-complementary

#C3C349 #4986C3 #8649C3

monochromatic

#6E6E24 #9C9C33 #C3C349 #D2D277 #E1E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C3C349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C3C349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C349

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C349	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.142 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d481',
    500: '#c3c349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c349;
$custom-light: #d8d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79429,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C349

secondary

#393977

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C349

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

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