#C3C448#C3C448

#C3C448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.144 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C448
RGB	rgb(195, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -15.84, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 61.98, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0487 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.144 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4167, 51.5510, 13.7929)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C448 #4948C4

analogous

#C48748 #C3C448 #85C448

triadic

#C3C448 #48C3C4 #C448C3

tetradic

#C3C448 #48C487 #4948C4 #C44885

square

#C3C448 #48C487 #4948C4 #C44885

split-complementary

#C3C448 #4885C4 #8748C4

monochromatic

#6E6E23 #9C9C32 #C3C448 #D2D376 #E1E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C3C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C3C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C448

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C448	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.144 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d581',
    500: '#c3c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c448;
$custom-light: #d8d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C448

secondary

#393978

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C448

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

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