#C3C855#C3C855

#C3C855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3C855
RGB	rgb(195, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -16.95, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 58.17, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0504 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.138 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8008, 53.5675, 16.5721)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3C855 #5A55C8

analogous

#C89355 #C3C855 #89C855

triadic

#C3C855 #55C3C8 #C855C3

tetradic

#C3C855 #55C893 #5A55C8 #C85589

square

#C3C855 #55C893 #5A55C8 #C85589

split-complementary

#C3C855 #5589C8 #9355C8

monochromatic

#777B28 #A4A937 #C3C855 #D3D783 #E4E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C3C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C3C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3C855

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3C855	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d889',
    500: '#c3c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3c855;
$custom-light: #d8d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80628,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3C855

secondary

#413E83

accent

#4DDB53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3C855

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

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