#C3C649#C3C649

#C3C649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.146 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C649
RGB	rgb(195, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -16.78, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 62.39, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0512 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.146 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9037, 52.4724, 14.1175)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C649 #4C49C6

analogous

#C68A49 #C3C649 #84C649

triadic

#C3C649 #49C3C6 #C649C3

tetradic

#C3C649 #49C68A #4C49C6 #C64984

square

#C3C649 #49C68A #4C49C6 #C64984

split-complementary

#C3C649 #4984C6 #8A49C6

monochromatic

#6F7123 #9DA032 #C3C649 #D2D578 #E2E3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C3C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C3C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C649

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C649	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.146 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d782',
    500: '#c3c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c649;
$custom-light: #d8d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80079,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C649

secondary

#3A397A

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C649

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

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