#C3CA3B#C3CA3B

#C3CA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.159 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CA3B
RGB	rgb(195, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -19.56, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 69.29, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0604 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.159 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4170, 54.1600, 12.2510)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CA3B #423BCA

analogous

#CA893B #C3CA3B #7BCA3B

triadic

#C3CA3B #3BC3CA #CA3BC3

tetradic

#C3CA3B #3BCA89 #423BCA #CA3B7B

square

#C3CA3B #3BCA89 #423BCA #CA3B7B

split-complementary

#C3CA3B #3B7BCA #893BCA

monochromatic

#696D1E #989D2B #C3CA3B #D2D76B #E0E49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C3CA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#C3CA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CA3B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CA3B	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D9C121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.159 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d97a',
    500: '#c3ca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ca3b;
$custom-light: #d9d97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.937,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80841,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CA3B

secondary

#363377

accent

#47E14F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CA3B

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

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