#C3CD42#C3CD42

#C3CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.158 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD42
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -20.67, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 67.98, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0628 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.158 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3216, 55.6590, 13.5090)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD42 #4C42CD

analogous

#CD9242 #C3CD42 #7DCD42

triadic

#C3CD42 #42C3CD #CD42C3

tetradic

#C3CD42 #42CD92 #4C42CD #CD427D

square

#C3CD42 #42CD92 #4C42CD #CD427D

split-complementary

#C3CD42 #427DCD #9242CD

monochromatic

#6F761F #9DA62C #C3CD42 #D2DA72 #E2E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C3CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#C3CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD42

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD42	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)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.158 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc7e',
    500: '#c3cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd42;
$custom-light: #d8dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81548,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD42

secondary

#3A357E

accent

#46E152

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD42

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

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