#C3CA59#C3CA59

#C3CA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.137 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CA59
RGB	rgb(195, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -17.64, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 57.29, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.052 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.137 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4304, 54.5653, 17.5882)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CA59 #6059CA

analogous

#CA9959 #C3CA59 #8BCA59

triadic

#C3CA59 #59C3CA #CA59C3

tetradic

#C3CA59 #59CA99 #6059CA #CA598B

square

#C3CA59 #59CA99 #6059CA #CA598B

split-complementary

#C3CA59 #598BCA #9959CA

monochromatic

#7A8029 #A7AE38 #C3CA59 #D4D987 #E5E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C3CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#C3CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CA59

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CA59	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.137 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7da8c',
    500: '#c3ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ca59;
$custom-light: #d7da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.717,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81105,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CA59

secondary

#444088

accent

#4DDB56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CA59

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

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