#C3C949#C3C949

#C3C949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.149 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C949
RGB	rgb(195, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -18.28, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 63.63, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0554 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.149 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5962, 53.8574, 14.3483)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C949 #4F49C9

analogous

#C98F49 #C3C949 #83C949

triadic

#C3C949 #49C3C9 #C949C3

tetradic

#C3C949 #49C98F #4F49C9 #C94983

square

#C3C949 #49C98F #4F49C9 #C94983

split-complementary

#C3C949 #4983C9 #8F49C9

monochromatic

#717523 #9FA431 #C3C949 #D3D778 #E2E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C3C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#C3C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C949

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C949	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.149 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d982',
    500: '#c3c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c949;
$custom-light: #d8d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.813,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80731,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C949

secondary

#3C397E

accent

#4ADE51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C949

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

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