#C3CE3B#C3CE3B

#C3CE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.164 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CE3B
RGB	rgb(195, 206, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -21.52, 67.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 70.88, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0659 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.164 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3677, 56.0614, 12.5679)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CE3B #463BCE

analogous

#CE903B #C3CE3B #7ACE3B

triadic

#C3CE3B #3BC3CE #CE3BC3

tetradic

#C3CE3B #3BCE90 #463BCE #CE3B7A

square

#C3CE3B #3BCE90 #463BCE #CE3B7A

split-complementary

#C3CE3B #3B7ACE #903BCE

monochromatic

#6C721D #9AA329 #C3CE3B #D2DA6C #E1E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C3CE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C3CE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CE3B

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CE3B	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)

#DDC420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ce3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.164 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc7b',
    500: '#c3ce3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ce3b;
$custom-light: #d9dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ce3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.49,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CE3B

secondary

#38327B

accent

#45E351

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CE3B

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

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