#C3C528#C3C528
#C3C528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.164 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C3C528 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(195, 197, 40) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 66%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 80%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1%, 0%, 79.7%, 22.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.09, -17.86, 71.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.09, 73.31, 104.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.64% -0.0572 0.154) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.64% 0.164 110.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.8565, 51.6891, 9.7265) |
| Luminance | 0.5169 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 2.37
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 2.46
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.78
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.86
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 2.99
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C3C528 #2A28C5
analogous
#C57928 #C3C528 #75C528
triadic
#C3C528 #28C3C5 #C528C3
tetradic
#C3C528 #28C579 #2A28C5 #C52875
square
#C3C528 #28C579 #2A28C5 #C52875
split-complementary
#C3C528 #2875C5 #7928C5
monochromatic
#5E5F13 #91921E #C3C528 #D9DB4F #E4E682
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.85
#C3C528 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.34
#C3C528 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C3C528
11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C3C528 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C3C528 | 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)
#D7C037
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1B8A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c3c528; /* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 40); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.164 110.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d9d671',
500: '#c3c528',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c3c528; $custom-light: #d9d671; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c3c528",
"rgb": {
"r": 195,
"g": 197,
"b": 40
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.764,
"s": 66.245,
"l": 46.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79642,
"c": 0.16431,
"h": 110.4
},
"luminance": 0.51688
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C3C528
secondary
#28276A
accent
#3FE941
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#151409
muted
#84837D