#C3C440#C3C440

#C3C440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.150 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C440
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -16.31, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 65.12, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0508 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.15 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1725, 51.4533, 12.5068)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C440 #4140C4

analogous

#C48340 #C3C440 #81C440

triadic

#C3C440 #40C3C4 #C440C3

tetradic

#C3C440 #40C483 #4140C4 #C44081

square

#C3C440 #40C483 #4140C4 #C44081

split-complementary

#C3C440 #4081C4 #8340C4

monochromatic

#696920 #97982F #C3C440 #D2D26F #E0E19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C3C440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C3C440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C440

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C440	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.150 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d57c',
    500: '#c3c440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c440;
$custom-light: #d8d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79571,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C440

secondary

#353573

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C440

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

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