#C3CD40#C3CD40

#C3CD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.159 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD40
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -20.78, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 68.71, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0633 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.159 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2637, 55.6358, 13.2039)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD40 #4A40CD

analogous

#CD9040 #C3CD40 #7DCD40

triadic

#C3CD40 #40C3CD #CD40C3

tetradic

#C3CD40 #40CD90 #4A40CD #CD407D

square

#C3CD40 #40CD90 #4A40CD #CD407D

split-complementary

#C3CD40 #407DCD #9040CD

monochromatic

#6E741E #9CA52B #C3CD40 #D2DA71 #E1E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C3CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#C3CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD40

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD40	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.159 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc7d',
    500: '#c3cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd40;
$custom-light: #d8dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81533,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD40

secondary

#39347D

accent

#46E251

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD40

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

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