#C3C533#C3C533

#C3C533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.159 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C533
RGB	rgb(195, 197, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -17.44, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 70.06, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0552 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.159 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0710, 51.7748, 10.8560)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C533 #3533C5

analogous

#C57E33 #C3C533 #7AC533

triadic

#C3C533 #33C3C5 #C533C3

tetradic

#C3C533 #33C57E #3533C5 #C5337A

square

#C3C533 #33C57E #3533C5 #C5337A

split-complementary

#C3C533 #337AC5 #7E33C5

monochromatic

#63641A #939426 #C3C533 #D4D65F #E1E290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C3C533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C3C533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C533

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C533	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.159 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d676',
    500: '#c3c533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c533;
$custom-light: #d9d676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.797,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C533

secondary

#2F2E6E

accent

#46E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C533

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

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