#C3C656#C3C656

#C3C656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.135 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C656
RGB	rgb(195, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -15.87, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 56.86, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0473 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.135 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3806, 52.6632, 16.6294)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C656 #5956C6

analogous

#C69156 #C3C656 #8BC656

triadic

#C3C656 #56C3C6 #C656C3

tetradic

#C3C656 #56C691 #5956C6 #C6568B

square

#C3C656 #56C691 #5956C6 #C6568B

split-complementary

#C3C656 #568BC6 #9156C6

monochromatic

#777929 #A4A738 #C3C656 #D3D584 #E3E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C3C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C3C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C656

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C656	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.135 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d78a',
    500: '#c3c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c656;
$custom-light: #d8d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.607,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C656

secondary

#413F81

accent

#4FD952

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C656

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

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