#C3C429#C3C429

#C3C429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.163 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C429
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -17.33, 70.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 72.69, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0557 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.163 110)
XYZ	xyz(42.6475, 51.2433, 9.7418)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C429 #2A29C4

analogous

#C47829 #C3C429 #76C429

triadic

#C3C429 #29C3C4 #C429C3

tetradic

#C3C429 #29C478 #2A29C4 #C42976

square

#C3C429 #29C478 #2A29C4 #C42976

split-complementary

#C3C429 #2976C4 #7829C4

monochromatic

#5E5F14 #91911E #C3C429 #D9DA50 #E4E582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C3C429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C3C429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C429

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C429	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)

#D6C037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.163 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d571',
    500: '#c3c429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c429;
$custom-light: #d9d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.387,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79429,
    "c": 0.16291,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.51242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C429

secondary

#28276A

accent

#3FE841

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C429

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

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