#C3CE57#C3CE57

#C3CE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CE57
RGB	rgb(195, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -19.78, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 59.96, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0582 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.143 114)
XYZ	xyz(46.2983, 56.4336, 17.4688)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CE57 #6257CE

analogous

#CE9D57 #C3CE57 #88CE57

triadic

#C3CE57 #57C3CE #CE57C3

tetradic

#C3CE57 #57CE9D #6257CE #CE5788

square

#C3CE57 #57CE9D #6257CE #CE5788

split-complementary

#C3CE57 #5788CE #9D57CE

monochromatic

#7B8427 #A8B334 #C3CE57 #D4DC86 #E5EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C3CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C3CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CE57

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CE57	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc8b',
    500: '#c3ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ce57;
$custom-light: #d8dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.546,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81954,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.56433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CE57

secondary

#453E8B

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CE57

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

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