#C3CA42#C3CA42

#C3CA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.155 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CA42
RGB	rgb(195, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -19.19, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 66.76, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0587 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.155 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6109, 54.2375, 13.2721)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CA42 #4942CA

analogous

#CA8D42 #C3CA42 #7FCA42

triadic

#C3CA42 #42C3CA #CA42C3

tetradic

#C3CA42 #42CA8D #4942CA #CA427F

square

#C3CA42 #42CA8D #4942CA #CA427F

split-complementary

#C3CA42 #427FCA #8D42CA

monochromatic

#6E7220 #9CA22D #C3CA42 #D2D772 #E1E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C3CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C3CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CA42

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CA42	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.155 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d97e',
    500: '#c3ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ca42;
$custom-light: #d8d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80892,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CA42

secondary

#39357B

accent

#48DF50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CA42

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

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