#C3C950#C3C950

#C3C950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.143 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C950
RGB	rgb(195, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -17.81, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 60.75, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0534 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.143 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8415, 53.9556, 15.6402)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C950 #5650C9

analogous

#C99250 #C3C950 #87C950

triadic

#C3C950 #50C3C9 #C950C3

tetradic

#C3C950 #50C992 #5650C9 #C95087

square

#C3C950 #50C992 #5650C9 #C95087

split-complementary

#C3C950 #5087C9 #9250C9

monochromatic

#757925 #A2A834 #C3C950 #D3D77F #E3E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C3C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C3C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C950

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C950	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.143 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d986',
    500: '#c3c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c950;
$custom-light: #d8d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80795,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C950

secondary

#3F3C82

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C950

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

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