#C3C427#C3C427

#C3C427 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 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C427
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -17.39, 71.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 73.23, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.056 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.164 110)
XYZ	xyz(42.6134, 51.2297, 9.5627)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C427 #2827C4

analogous

#C47627 #C3C427 #74C427

triadic

#C3C427 #27C3C4 #C427C3

tetradic

#C3C427 #27C476 #2827C4 #C42774

square

#C3C427 #27C476 #2827C4 #C42774

split-complementary

#C3C427 #2774C4 #7627C4

monochromatic

#5D5E13 #90911D #C3C427 #DBDC4D #E5E680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C3C427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C3C427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C427

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C427	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.164 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d571',
    500: '#c3c427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c427;
$custom-light: #d9d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.382,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7942,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.51228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C427

secondary

#272669

accent

#3EEA3F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C427

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

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