#C3CD38#C3CD38

#C3CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.164 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD38
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -21.18, 68.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 71.49, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0652 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.164 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0522, 55.5512, 12.0898)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD38 #4238CD

analogous

#CD8C38 #C3CD38 #78CD38

triadic

#C3CD38 #38C3CD #CD38C3

tetradic

#C3CD38 #38CD8C #4238CD #CD3878

square

#C3CD38 #38CD8C #4238CD #CD3878

split-complementary

#C3CD38 #3878CD #8C38CD

monochromatic

#696F1C #98A028 #C3CD38 #D2D969 #E0E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C3CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C3CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD38

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD38	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)

#DCC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.164 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc79',
    500: '#c3cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd38;
$custom-light: #d9dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.027,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81479,
    "c": 0.16431,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD38

secondary

#363178

accent

#45E34F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD38

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

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