#C3C435#C3C435

#C3C435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.157 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C435
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -16.86, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 69.04, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0534 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.157 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8897, 51.3402, 11.0178)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C435 #3635C4

analogous

#C47E35 #C3C435 #7CC435

triadic

#C3C435 #35C3C4 #C435C3

tetradic

#C3C435 #35C47E #3635C4 #C4357C

square

#C3C435 #35C47E #3635C4 #C4357C

split-complementary

#C3C435 #357CC4 #7E35C4

monochromatic

#63641B #939428 #C3C435 #D4D462 #E1E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C3C435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C3C435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C435

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C435	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.157 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d577',
    500: '#c3c435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c435;
$custom-light: #d9d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.42,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79494,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C435

secondary

#2F2F6E

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C435

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

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