#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
RGBrgb(195, 196, 41)
HSLhsl(60, 65%, 46%)
HSVhsv(60, 79%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.83, -17.33, 70.59)
CIE-LCHlch(76.83, 72.69, 103.79°)
OKLaboklab(79.43% -0.0557 0.1531)
OKLCHoklch(79.43% 0.163 110)
XYZxyz(42.6475, 51.2433, 9.7418)
Luminance0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C3C4291.001.8711.2511.25
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2521.001.001.00
##00000011.2521.001.001.00

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

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#C3C429 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva