#C3C837#C3C837

#C3C837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.160 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C837
RGB	rgb(195, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -18.76, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 69.88, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0585 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.16 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8510, 53.1876, 11.5700)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C837 #3C37C8

analogous

#C88537 #C3C837 #7AC837

triadic

#C3C837 #37C3C8 #C837C3

tetradic

#C3C837 #37C885 #3C37C8 #C8377A

square

#C3C837 #37C885 #3C37C8 #C8377A

split-complementary

#C3C837 #377AC8 #8537C8

monochromatic

#65681D #94982A #C3C837 #D1D567 #E0E297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C3C837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#C3C837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C837

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C837	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.160 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d878',
    500: '#c3c837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c837;
$custom-light: #d9d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.15973,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C837

secondary

#333172

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C837

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

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