#C3C842#C3C842

#C3C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.153 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C842
RGB	rgb(195, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -18.20, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 65.95, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0559 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.153 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1447, 53.3051, 13.1167)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C842 #4742C8

analogous

#C88A42 #C3C842 #80C842

triadic

#C3C842 #42C3C8 #C842C3

tetradic

#C3C842 #42C88A #4742C8 #C84280

square

#C3C842 #42C88A #4742C8 #C84280

split-complementary

#C3C842 #4280C8 #8A42C8

monochromatic

#6C6F20 #9A9F2E #C3C842 #D2D671 #E1E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C3C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#C3C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C842

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C842	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)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.153 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d87e',
    500: '#c3c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c842;
$custom-light: #d8d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80456,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C842

secondary

#383679

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C842

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

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