#C3CD51#C3CD51

#C3CD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.147 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD51
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -19.72, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 62.06, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0587 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.147 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8233, 55.8597, 16.1511)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD51 #5B51CD

analogous

#CD9951 #C3CD51 #85CD51

triadic

#C3CD51 #51C3CD #CD51C3

tetradic

#C3CD51 #51CD99 #5B51CD #CD5185

square

#C3CD51 #51CD99 #5B51CD #CD5185

split-complementary

#C3CD51 #5185CD #9951CD

monochromatic

#787F25 #A5AF32 #C3CD51 #D3DB81 #E4E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C3CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C3CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD51

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD51	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.147 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc87',
    500: '#c3cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd51;
$custom-light: #d8dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81676,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD51

secondary

#423B87

accent

#49DF55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD51

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

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