#C3CD2A#C3CD2A

#C3CD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.171 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD2A
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 79.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -21.74, 72.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 75.67, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0678 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.171 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7564, 55.4329, 10.5320)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD2A #342ACD

analogous

#CD852A #C3CD2A #71CD2A

triadic

#C3CD2A #2AC3CD #CD2AC3

tetradic

#C3CD2A #2ACD85 #342ACD #CD2A71

square

#C3CD2A #2ACD85 #342ACD #CD2A71

split-complementary

#C3CD2A #2A71CD #852ACD

monochromatic

#626715 #939A20 #C3CD2A #D5DD58 #E1E78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C3CD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#C3CD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD2A

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD2A	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.171 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc73',
    500: '#c3cd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd2a;
$custom-light: #d9dc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.681,
    "s": 65.992,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81403,
    "c": 0.17134,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD2A

secondary

#2E2A71

accent

#3FE949

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD2A

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

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