#C3CE56#C3CE56

#C3CE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.144 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CE56
RGB	rgb(195, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -19.85, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 60.39, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0585 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.144 114)
XYZ	xyz(46.2577, 56.4174, 17.2551)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CE56 #6156CE

analogous

#CE9D56 #C3CE56 #87CE56

triadic

#C3CE56 #56C3CE #CE56C3

tetradic

#C3CE56 #56CE9D #6156CE #CE5687

square

#C3CE56 #56CE9D #6156CE #CE5687

split-complementary

#C3CE56 #5687CE #9D56CE

monochromatic

#7B8326 #A7B334 #C3CE56 #D4DC85 #E5EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C3CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#C3CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CE56

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CE56	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.144 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc8a',
    500: '#c3ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ce56;
$custom-light: #d8dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81944,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.56417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CE56

secondary

#453E8B

accent

#49DE57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CE56

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

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