#C3C540#C3C540

#C3C540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.151 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C540
RGB	rgb(195, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -16.81, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 65.51, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0522 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.151 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3988, 51.9060, 12.5822)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C540 #4240C5

analogous

#C58440 #C3C540 #80C540

triadic

#C3C540 #40C3C5 #C540C3

tetradic

#C3C540 #40C584 #4240C5 #C54080

square

#C3C540 #40C584 #4240C5 #C54080

split-complementary

#C3C540 #4080C5 #8440C5

monochromatic

#696A20 #98992F #C3C540 #D2D36F #E0E29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C3C540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#C3C540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C540

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C540	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.151 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d67d',
    500: '#c3c540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c540;
$custom-light: #d8d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79788,
    "c": 0.15103,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C540

secondary

#363574

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C540

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

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