#C3CA38#C3CA38

#C3CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.161 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CA38
RGB	rgb(195, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -19.70, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 70.32, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0611 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.161 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3414, 54.1297, 11.8529)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CA38 #3F38CA

analogous

#CA8838 #C3CA38 #7ACA38

triadic

#C3CA38 #38C3CA #CA38C3

tetradic

#C3CA38 #38CA88 #3F38CA #CA387A

square

#C3CA38 #38CA88 #3F38CA #CA387A

split-complementary

#C3CA38 #387ACA #8838CA

monochromatic

#676B1D #969B29 #C3CA38 #D2D768 #E0E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C3CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#C3CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CA38

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CA38	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.161 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d979',
    500: '#c3ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ca38;
$custom-light: #d9d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.877,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80822,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CA38

secondary

#353175

accent

#47E14E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CA38

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

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