#C3C437#C3C437

#C3C437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; 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	#C3C437
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -16.77, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 68.36, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.053 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.156 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9367, 51.3590, 11.2652)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C437 #3837C4

analogous

#C47F37 #C3C437 #7CC437

triadic

#C3C437 #37C3C4 #C437C3

tetradic

#C3C437 #37C47F #3837C4 #C4377C

square

#C3C437 #37C47F #3837C4 #C4377C

split-complementary

#C3C437 #377CC4 #7F37C4

monochromatic

#64641C #93942A #C3C437 #D3D465 #E1E194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C3C437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C3C437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C437

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C437	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)

#D4BC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.156 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d578',
    500: '#c3c437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c437;
$custom-light: #d9d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79507,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C437

secondary

#31306F

accent

#48DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C437

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

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