#C3C43A#C3C43A

#C3C43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.154 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C43A
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -16.62, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 67.32, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0523 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.154 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0108, 51.3887, 11.6555)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C43A #3B3AC4

analogous

#C4803A #C3C43A #7EC43A

triadic

#C3C43A #3AC3C4 #C43AC3

tetradic

#C3C43A #3AC480 #3B3AC4 #C43A7E

square

#C3C43A #3AC480 #3B3AC4 #C43A7E

split-complementary

#C3C43A #3A7EC4 #803AC4

monochromatic

#65661E #94952C #C3C43A #D2D369 #E0E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C3C43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C3C43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C43A

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C43A	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.154 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d579',
    500: '#c3c43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c43a;
$custom-light: #d9d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79527,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C43A

secondary

#333270

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C43A

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

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