#C3C840#C3C840

#C3C840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.154 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C840
RGB	rgb(195, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -18.31, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 66.70, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0564 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.154 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0867, 53.2819, 12.8116)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C840 #4540C8

analogous

#C88940 #C3C840 #7FC840

triadic

#C3C840 #40C3C8 #C840C3

tetradic

#C3C840 #40C889 #4540C8 #C8407F

square

#C3C840 #40C889 #4540C8 #C8407F

split-complementary

#C3C840 #407FC8 #8940C8

monochromatic

#6B6E20 #999D2D #C3C840 #D2D670 #E1E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C3C840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C3C840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C840

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C840	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.154 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d87d',
    500: '#c3c840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c840;
$custom-light: #d8d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8044,
    "c": 0.15413,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C840

secondary

#373577

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C840

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

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