#C3C742#C3C742

#C3C742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.152 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C742
RGB	rgb(195, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -17.70, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 65.55, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0545 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.152 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9138, 52.8434, 13.0397)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C742 #4642C7

analogous

#C78942 #C3C742 #80C742

triadic

#C3C742 #42C3C7 #C742C3

tetradic

#C3C742 #42C789 #4642C7 #C74280

square

#C3C742 #42C789 #4642C7 #C74280

split-complementary

#C3C742 #4280C7 #8942C7

monochromatic

#6C6E21 #9A9D2F #C3C742 #D2D571 #E1E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C3C742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C3C742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C742

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C742	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.152 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d77e',
    500: '#c3c742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c742;
$custom-light: #d8d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80238,
    "c": 0.15174,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C742

secondary

#383678

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C742

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

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