#C3CA79#C3CA79

#C3CA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.104 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CA79
RGB	rgb(195, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -14.61, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 42.20, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0404 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.104 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0779, 55.2243, 26.2648)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CA79 #8079CA

analogous

#CAA879 #C3CA79 #9ACA79

triadic

#C3CA79 #79C3CA #CA79C3

tetradic

#C3CA79 #79CAA8 #8079CA #CA799A

square

#C3CA79 #79CAA8 #8079CA #CA799A

split-complementary

#C3CA79 #799ACA #A879CA

monochromatic

#889039 #AFB94D #C3CA79 #D7DBA5 #EAEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C3CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C3CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CA79

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CA79	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.104 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6daa1',
    500: '#c3ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ca79;
$custom-light: #d6daa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.185,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81531,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CA79

secondary

#575197

accent

#2FB63B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CA79

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

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