#C3CD99#C3CD99

#C3CD99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.070 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CD99
RGB	rgb(195, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(72, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(72, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -12.07, 24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 27.60, 115.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0317 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.07 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0864, 57.5649, 38.6033)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CD99 #A399CD

analogous

#CDBD99 #C3CD99 #A9CD99

triadic

#C3CD99 #99C3CD #CD99C3

tetradic

#C3CD99 #99CDBD #A399CD #CD99A9

square

#C3CD99 #99CDBD #A399CD #CD99A9

split-complementary

#C3CD99 #99A9CD #BD99CD

monochromatic

#8F9E4D #ABB970 #C3CD99 #DBE1C2 #F3F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C3CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#C3CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CD99

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CD99	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.070 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dcb7',
    500: '#c3cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3cd99;
$custom-light: #d5dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82757,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CD99

secondary

#7368A2

accent

#38AD4F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CD99

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

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