#C3C71C#C3C71C

#C3C71C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.171 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C71C
RGB	rgb(195, 199, 28)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 86%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 85.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -19.19, 74.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 76.80, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0617 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.171 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1403, 52.5340, 8.9660)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C71C #201CC7

analogous

#C7761C #C3C71C #6DC71C

triadic

#C3C71C #1CC3C7 #C71CC3

tetradic

#C3C71C #1CC776 #201CC7 #C71C6D

square

#C3C71C #1CC776 #201CC7 #C71C6D

split-complementary

#C3C71C #1C6DC7 #761CC7

monochromatic

#5A5C0D #8E9114 #C3C71C #E0E43D #E8EB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C3C71C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C3C71C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C71C

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C71C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C71C	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c71c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 199, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.171 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad76d',
    500: '#c3c71c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c71c;
$custom-light: #dad76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c71c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.404,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80033,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C71C

secondary

#222067

accent

#36F23A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C71C

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

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