#C3C526#C3C526

#C3C526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.165 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C526
RGB	rgb(195, 197, 38)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -17.92, 71.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 73.84, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0576 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.165 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8234, 51.6758, 9.5520)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C526 #2826C5

analogous

#C57726 #C3C526 #73C526

triadic

#C3C526 #26C3C5 #C526C3

tetradic

#C3C526 #26C577 #2826C5 #C52673

square

#C3C526 #26C577 #2826C5 #C52673

split-complementary

#C3C526 #2673C5 #7726C5

monochromatic

#5D5E12 #90921C #C3C526 #DBDC4C #E5E67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C3C526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C3C526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C526

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C526	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.165 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d670',
    500: '#c3c526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c526;
$custom-light: #d9d670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.755,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79633,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C526

secondary

#27266A

accent

#3DEB3F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C526

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

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