#C3C918#C3C918

#C3C918 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.174 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C918
RGB	rgb(195, 201, 24)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -20.26, 75.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 78.22, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0648 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.174 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5588, 53.4425, 8.8849)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C918 #1E18C9

analogous

#C97718 #C3C918 #6BC918

triadic

#C3C918 #18C3C9 #C918C3

tetradic

#C3C918 #18C977 #1E18C9 #C9186B

square

#C3C918 #18C977 #1E18C9 #C9186B

split-complementary

#C3C918 #186BC9 #7718C9

monochromatic

#595C0B #8E9211 #C3C918 #E1E737 #E9EE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C3C918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C3C918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C918

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C918	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 201, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.174 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad96c',
    500: '#c3c918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c918;
$custom-light: #dad96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80459,
    "c": 0.17369,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C918

secondary

#201E67

accent

#33F539

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C918

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

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