#C3CA36#C3CA36

#C3CA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.162 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CA36
RGB	rgb(195, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -19.79, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 70.98, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0615 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.162 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2935, 54.1106, 11.6004)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CA36 #3D36CA

analogous

#CA8736 #C3CA36 #79CA36

triadic

#C3CA36 #36C3CA #CA36C3

tetradic

#C3CA36 #36CA87 #3D36CA #CA3679

square

#C3CA36 #36CA87 #3D36CA #CA3679

split-complementary

#C3CA36 #3679CA #8736CA

monochromatic

#666A1C #959A29 #C3CA36 #D1D766 #E0E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C3CA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#C3CA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CA36

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CA36	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.162 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d978',
    500: '#c3ca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ca36;
$custom-light: #d9d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.838,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80809,
    "c": 0.16234,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CA36

secondary

#343174

accent

#46E14E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CA36

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

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