#C3D042#C3D042

#C3D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.161 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3D042
RGB	rgb(195, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -22.13, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 69.22, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0669 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.161 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0462, 57.1080, 13.7505)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3D042 #4F42D0

analogous

#D09642 #C3D042 #7CD042

triadic

#C3D042 #42C3D0 #D042C3

tetradic

#C3D042 #42D096 #4F42D0 #D0427C

square

#C3D042 #42D096 #4F42D0 #D0427C

split-complementary

#C3D042 #427CD0 #9642D0

monochromatic

#71791E #9FAA2A #C3D042 #D3DC73 #E2E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C3D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#C3D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3D042

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3D042	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.161 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8de7f',
    500: '#c3d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3d042;
$custom-light: #d8de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.493,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82205,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3D042

secondary

#3C3581

accent

#44E353

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3D042

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

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