#C3CB55#C3CB55

#C3CB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CB55
RGB	rgb(195, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -18.45, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 59.48, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0546 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.141 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5024, 54.9707, 16.8060)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CB55 #5D55CB

analogous

#CB9855 #C3CB55 #88CB55

triadic

#C3CB55 #55C3CB #CB55C3

tetradic

#C3CB55 #55CB98 #5D55CB #CB5588

square

#C3CB55 #55CB98 #5D55CB #CB5588

split-complementary

#C3CB55 #5588CB #9855CB

monochromatic

#797F27 #A6AE35 #C3CB55 #D4D984 #E4E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C3CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#C3CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CB55

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CB55	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8da89',
    500: '#c3cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cb55;
$custom-light: #d8da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8128,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CB55

secondary

#433E87

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CB55

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

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