#C3C53B#C3C53B

#C3C53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.154 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C53B
RGB	rgb(195, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -17.07, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 67.34, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0534 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.154 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2628, 51.8516, 11.8662)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C53B #3D3BC5

analogous

#C5823B #C3C53B #7EC53B

triadic

#C3C53B #3BC3C5 #C53BC3

tetradic

#C3C53B #3BC582 #3D3BC5 #C53B7E

square

#C3C53B #3BC582 #3D3BC5 #C53B7E

split-complementary

#C3C53B #3B7EC5 #823BC5

monochromatic

#66671F #95962C #C3C53B #D1D36A #E0E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C3C53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#C3C53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C53B

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C53B	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)

#D4BC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.154 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d67a',
    500: '#c3c53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c53b;
$custom-light: #d9d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79751,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C53B

secondary

#343371

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C53B

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

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