#C3C43B#C3C43B

#C3C43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.153 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C43B
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -16.57, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 66.96, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.052 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.153 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0365, 51.3990, 11.7908)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C43B #3C3BC4

analogous

#C4813B #C3C43B #7EC43B

triadic

#C3C43B #3BC3C4 #C43BC3

tetradic

#C3C43B #3BC481 #3C3BC4 #C43B7E

square

#C3C43B #3BC481 #3C3BC4 #C43B7E

split-complementary

#C3C43B #3B7EC4 #813BC4

monochromatic

#65661F #94952D #C3C43B #D1D26A #E0E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C3C43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C3C43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C43B

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C43B	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)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.153 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d57a',
    500: '#c3c43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c43b;
$custom-light: #d9d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79534,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C43B

secondary

#333370

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C43B

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

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