#C3CD97#C3CD97

#C3CD97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.073 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD97
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(71, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(71, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -12.36, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 28.62, 115.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0325 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.073 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9226, 57.4994, 37.7407)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD97 #A197CD

analogous

#CDBC97 #C3CD97 #A8CD97

triadic

#C3CD97 #97C3CD #CD97C3

tetradic

#C3CD97 #97CDBC #A197CD #CD97A8

square

#C3CD97 #97CDBC #A197CD #CD97A8

split-complementary

#C3CD97 #97A8CD #BC97CD

monochromatic

#8F9E4C #ABB96E #C3CD97 #DBE1C0 #F3F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C3CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#C3CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD97

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD97	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.073 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dcb6',
    500: '#c3cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd97;
$custom-light: #d5dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82715,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD97

secondary

#7166A2

accent

#38AE4D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD97

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

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