#C3C538#C3C538

#C3C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.156 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C538
RGB	rgb(195, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -17.22, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 68.40, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0541 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.156 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1872, 51.8213, 11.4682)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C538 #3A38C5

analogous

#C58138 #C3C538 #7DC538

triadic

#C3C538 #38C3C5 #C538C3

tetradic

#C3C538 #38C581 #3A38C5 #C5387D

square

#C3C538 #38C581 #3A38C5 #C5387D

split-complementary

#C3C538 #387DC5 #8138C5

monochromatic

#65661D #94952A #C3C538 #D2D467 #E0E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C3C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C3C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C538

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C538	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.156 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d678',
    500: '#c3c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c538;
$custom-light: #d9d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79731,
    "c": 0.15611,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C538

secondary

#323170

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C538

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

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