#C3CE42#C3CE42

#C3CE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.159 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CE42
RGB	rgb(195, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -21.16, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 68.39, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0642 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.159 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5616, 56.1390, 13.5890)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CE42 #4D42CE

analogous

#CE9342 #C3CE42 #7DCE42

triadic

#C3CE42 #42C3CE #CE42C3

tetradic

#C3CE42 #42CE93 #4D42CE #CE427D

square

#C3CE42 #42CE93 #4D42CE #CE427D

split-complementary

#C3CE42 #427DCE #9342CE

monochromatic

#70771F #9EA72B #C3CE42 #D2DB73 #E2E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C3CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C3CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CE42

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CE42	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.159 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc7e',
    500: '#c3ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ce42;
$custom-light: #d8dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81767,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CE42

secondary

#3B357F

accent

#46E252

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CE42

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

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