#C3CD49#C3CD49

#C3CD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.153 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD49
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -20.25, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 65.31, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.061 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.153 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5408, 55.7467, 14.6632)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD49 #5349CD

analogous

#CD9549 #C3CD49 #81CD49

triadic

#C3CD49 #49C3CD #CD49C3

tetradic

#C3CD49 #49CD95 #5349CD #CD4981

square

#C3CD49 #49CD95 #5349CD #CD4981

split-complementary

#C3CD49 #4981CD #9549CD

monochromatic

#737A22 #A1AA2F #C3CD49 #D3DA79 #E3E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C3CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#C3CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD49

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD49	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.153 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc82',
    500: '#c3cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd49;
$custom-light: #d8dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81604,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD49

secondary

#3E3882

accent

#48E053

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD49

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

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