#C3C524#C3C524

#C3C524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.166 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3C524
RGBrgb(195, 197, 36)
HSLhsl(61, 69%, 46%)
HSVhsv(61, 82%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 0%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.08, -17.99, 72.13)
CIE-LCHlch(77.08, 74.34, 104.00°)
OKLaboklab(79.63% -0.0579 0.1555)
OKLCHoklch(79.63% 0.166 110.4)
XYZxyz(42.7920, 51.6632, 9.3866)
Luminance0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3C524 #2624C5
analogous
#C57624 #C3C524 #73C524
triadic
#C3C524 #24C3C5 #C524C3
tetradic
#C3C524 #24C576 #2624C5 #C52473
square
#C3C524 #24C576 #2624C5 #C52473
split-complementary
#C3C524 #2473C5 #7624C5
monochromatic
#5D5E11 #90911B #C3C524 #DCDE49 #E6E77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#C3C524 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33
#C3C524 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C524
11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3C524#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3C5241.001.8511.3311.33
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3321.001.001.00
##00000011.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BC00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C034
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1B8A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3c524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.166 110.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d670',
    500: '#c3c524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3c524;
$custom-light: #d9d670;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3c524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.745,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79625,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3C524
secondary
#252469
accent
#3CEC3E
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#151408
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C524

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#C3C524 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva