#C3C426#C3C426

#C3C426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.164 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C426
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 80.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -17.43, 71.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 73.49, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0562 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.164 110)
XYZ	xyz(42.5971, 51.2232, 9.4765)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C426 #2726C4

analogous

#C47626 #C3C426 #74C426

triadic

#C3C426 #26C3C4 #C426C3

tetradic

#C3C426 #26C476 #2726C4 #C42674

square

#C3C426 #26C476 #2726C4 #C42674

split-complementary

#C3C426 #2674C4 #7626C4

monochromatic

#5D5D12 #90911C #C3C426 #DBDC4B #E5E67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C3C426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C3C426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C426

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C426	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.164 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d570',
    500: '#c3c426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c426;
$custom-light: #d9d570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.38,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79415,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.51222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C426

secondary

#262569

accent

#3DEA3E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C426

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

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