#C3C738#C3C738

#C3C738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.158 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C738
RGB	rgb(195, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -18.21, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 69.16, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0569 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.158 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6444, 52.7356, 11.6205)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C738 #3C38C7

analogous

#C78338 #C3C738 #7CC738

triadic

#C3C738 #38C3C7 #C738C3

tetradic

#C3C738 #38C783 #3C38C7 #C7387C

square

#C3C738 #38C783 #3C38C7 #C7387C

split-complementary

#C3C738 #387CC7 #8338C7

monochromatic

#65671D #94972B #C3C738 #D1D468 #E0E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C3C738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C3C738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C738

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C738	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.158 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d779',
    500: '#c3c738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c738;
$custom-light: #d9d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80167,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C738

secondary

#333272

accent

#48DF4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C738

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

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