#C3C436#C3C436

#C3C436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.156 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C436
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -16.81, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 68.70, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0532 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.156 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9130, 51.3495, 11.1403)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C436 #3736C4

analogous

#C47E36 #C3C436 #7CC436

triadic

#C3C436 #36C3C4 #C436C3

tetradic

#C3C436 #36C47E #3736C4 #C4367C

square

#C3C436 #36C47E #3736C4 #C4367C

split-complementary

#C3C436 #367CC4 #7E36C4

monochromatic

#64641C #939429 #C3C436 #D3D463 #E1E193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C3C436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C3C436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C436

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C436	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)

#D4BC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.156 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d577',
    500: '#c3c436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c436;
$custom-light: #d9d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79501,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C436

secondary

#30306F

accent

#48E049

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C436

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

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