#C3CD57#C3CD57

#C3CD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.142 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD57
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -19.29, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 59.51, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0568 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.142 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0583, 55.9537, 17.3888)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD57 #6157CD

analogous

#CD9C57 #C3CD57 #88CD57

triadic

#C3CD57 #57C3CD #CD57C3

tetradic

#C3CD57 #57CD9C #6157CD #CD5788

square

#C3CD57 #57CD9C #6157CD #CD5788

split-complementary

#C3CD57 #5788CD #9C57CD

monochromatic

#7B8327 #A7B235 #C3CD57 #D4DB86 #E5E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C3CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C3CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD57

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD57	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.142 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc8b',
    500: '#c3cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd57;
$custom-light: #d8dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81736,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD57

secondary

#453E8A

accent

#4ADD57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD57

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

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