#C3CD36#C3CD36

#C3CD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.165 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD36
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -21.27, 68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 72.14, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0656 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.165 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0042, 55.5321, 11.8373)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD36 #4036CD

analogous

#CD8C36 #C3CD36 #77CD36

triadic

#C3CD36 #36C3CD #CD36C3

tetradic

#C3CD36 #36CD8C #4036CD #CD3677

square

#C3CD36 #36CD8C #4036CD #CD3677

split-complementary

#C3CD36 #3677CD #8C36CD

monochromatic

#686D1B #979E27 #C3CD36 #D2D967 #E0E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C3CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C3CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD36

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD36	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.165 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc78',
    500: '#c3cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd36;
$custom-light: #d9dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.974,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81466,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD36

secondary

#353077

accent

#44E34F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →