#C3CE51#C3CE51

#C3CE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.148 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CE51
RGB	rgb(195, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -20.22, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 62.50, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.06 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.148 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0633, 56.3396, 16.2311)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CE51 #5C51CE

analogous

#CE9B51 #C3CE51 #85CE51

triadic

#C3CE51 #51C3CE #CE51C3

tetradic

#C3CE51 #51CE9B #5C51CE #CE5185

square

#C3CE51 #51CE9B #5C51CE #CE5185

split-complementary

#C3CE51 #5185CE #9B51CE

monochromatic

#788024 #A5B032 #C3CE51 #D3DB81 #E4E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C3CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C3CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CE51

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CE51	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.148 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc87',
    500: '#c3ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ce51;
$custom-light: #d8dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81894,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CE51

secondary

#423B88

accent

#48DF56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CE51

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

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