#C3C525#C3C525

#C3C525 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	#C3C525
RGB	rgb(195, 197, 37)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 81.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -17.96, 71.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 74.09, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0577 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.166 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8075, 51.6694, 9.4682)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C525 #2725C5

analogous

#C57725 #C3C525 #73C525

triadic

#C3C525 #25C3C5 #C525C3

tetradic

#C3C525 #25C577 #2725C5 #C52573

square

#C3C525 #25C577 #2725C5 #C52573

split-complementary

#C3C525 #2573C5 #7725C5

monochromatic

#5D5E12 #90911B #C3C525 #DBDD4A #E5E77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C3C525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C3C525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C525

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C525	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.166 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d670',
    500: '#c3c525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c525;
$custom-light: #d9d670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 68.376,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79629,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C525

secondary

#262569

accent

#3DEB3F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C525

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

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