#C3C749#C3C749

#C3C749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.147 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C749
RGB	rgb(195, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -17.28, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 62.80, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0526 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.147 111)
XYZ	xyz(44.1330, 52.9311, 14.1939)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C749 #4D49C7

analogous

#C78C49 #C3C749 #84C749

triadic

#C3C749 #49C3C7 #C749C3

tetradic

#C3C749 #49C78C #4D49C7 #C74984

square

#C3C749 #49C78C #4D49C7 #C74984

split-complementary

#C3C749 #4984C7 #8C49C7

monochromatic

#707223 #9EA132 #C3C749 #D2D578 #E2E4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C3C749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C3C749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C749

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C749	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.147 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d782',
    500: '#c3c749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c749;
$custom-light: #d8d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80296,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.5293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C749

secondary

#3B397B

accent

#4BDC50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C749

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

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