#C3C74A#C3C74A
#C3C74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.146 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C3C74A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(195, 199, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 53%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 63%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2%, 0%, 62.8%, 22%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.84, -17.22, 59.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.84, 62.39, 106.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.31% -0.0523 0.1362) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.31% 0.146 111) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.1664, 52.9444, 14.3700) |
| Luminance | 0.5294 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.38
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.42
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.87
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.07
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.25
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C3C74A #4E4AC7
analogous
#C78C4A #C3C74A #84C74A
triadic
#C3C74A #4AC3C7 #C74AC3
tetradic
#C3C74A #4AC78C #4E4AC7 #C74A84
square
#C3C74A #4AC78C #4E4AC7 #C74A84
split-complementary
#C3C74A #4A84C7 #8C4AC7
monochromatic
#707324 #9EA232 #C3C74A #D2D579 #E2E4A7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#C3C74A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.59
#C3C74A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C3C74A
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C3C74A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C3C74A | 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)
#D6BF3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C252
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0BBAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c3c74a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 199, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.146 111.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d8d782',
500: '#c3c74a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c3c74a; $custom-light: #d8d782; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c3c74a",
"rgb": {
"r": 195,
"g": 199,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.92,
"s": 52.743,
"l": 53.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80305,
"c": 0.14591,
"h": 111
},
"luminance": 0.52943
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C3C74A
secondary
#3B397C
accent
#4CDC50
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140B
muted
#84837E