#C3C199#C3C199

#C3C199 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.054 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C199
RGB	rgb(195, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 26%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 21.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -5.88, 20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 21.28, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0141 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.054 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3252, 52.0426, 37.6830)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C199 #999BC3

analogous

#C3AC99 #C3C199 #B0C399

triadic

#C3C199 #99C3C1 #C199C3

tetradic

#C3C199 #99C3AC #999BC3 #C399B0

square

#C3C199 #99C3AC #999BC3 #C399B0

split-complementary

#C3C199 #99B0C3 #AC99C3

monochromatic

#8E8B54 #ACAA72 #C3C199 #DAD8C0 #F0F0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C3C199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C3C199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C199

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C199	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.054 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d3b7',
    500: '#c3c199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c199;
$custom-light: #d5d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80228,
    "c": 0.05398,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C199

secondary

#696B97

accent

#46A441

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C199

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

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