#C3C539#C3C539

#C3C539 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 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C539
RGB	rgb(195, 197, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -17.17, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 68.05, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0539 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.156 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2119, 51.8312, 11.5983)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C539 #3B39C5

analogous

#C58139 #C3C539 #7DC539

triadic

#C3C539 #39C3C5 #C539C3

tetradic

#C3C539 #39C581 #3B39C5 #C5397D

square

#C3C539 #39C581 #3B39C5 #C5397D

split-complementary

#C3C539 #397DC5 #8139C5

monochromatic

#65661E #94962B #C3C539 #D2D368 #E0E197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C3C539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#C3C539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C539

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C539	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.156 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d679',
    500: '#c3c539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c539;
$custom-light: #d9d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79738,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C539

secondary

#333270

accent

#49DE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C539

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

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