#C3C838#C3C838

#C3C838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.159 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C838
RGB	rgb(195, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -18.71, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 69.54, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0583 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.159 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8752, 53.1973, 11.6975)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C838 #3D38C8

analogous

#C88538 #C3C838 #7BC838

triadic

#C3C838 #38C3C8 #C838C3

tetradic

#C3C838 #38C885 #3D38C8 #C8387B

square

#C3C838 #38C885 #3D38C8 #C8387B

split-complementary

#C3C838 #387BC8 #8538C8

monochromatic

#66691D #95992A #C3C838 #D1D568 #E0E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C3C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#C3C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C838

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C838	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)

#D7BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.159 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d879',
    500: '#c3c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c838;
$custom-light: #d9d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80385,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C838

secondary

#343273

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C838

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

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