#C3CF38#C3CF38

#C3CF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.166 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CF38
RGB	rgb(195, 207, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -22.15, 68.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 72.28, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0679 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.166 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5336, 56.5142, 12.2503)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CF38 #4438CF

analogous

#CF9038 #C3CF38 #78CF38

triadic

#C3CF38 #38C3CF #CF38C3

tetradic

#C3CF38 #38CF90 #4438CF #CF3878

square

#C3CF38 #38CF90 #4438CF #CF3878

split-complementary

#C3CF38 #3878CF #9038CF

monochromatic

#6A711B #99A327 #C3CF38 #D2DB69 #E1E79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C3CF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#C3CF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CF38

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CF38	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 207, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.166 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dd79',
    500: '#c3cf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cf38;
$custom-light: #d9dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.768,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81918,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CF38

secondary

#37317A

accent

#44E450

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CF38

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

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