#C3CE38#C3CE38

#C3CE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.165 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CE38
RGB	rgb(195, 206, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -21.67, 68.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 71.89, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0665 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.165 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2921, 56.0312, 12.1698)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CE38 #4338CE

analogous

#CE8E38 #C3CE38 #78CE38

triadic

#C3CE38 #38C3CE #CE38C3

tetradic

#C3CE38 #38CE8E #4338CE #CE3878

square

#C3CE38 #38CE8E #4338CE #CE3878

split-complementary

#C3CE38 #3878CE #8E38CE

monochromatic

#6A701C #98A128 #C3CE38 #D2DA69 #E1E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C3CE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C3CE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CE38

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CE38	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ce38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 206, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.165 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc79',
    500: '#c3ce38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ce38;
$custom-light: #d9dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ce38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CE38

secondary

#363179

accent

#44E450

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CE38

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

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