#C3CE59#C3CE59

#C3CE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CE59
RGB	rgb(195, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -19.63, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 59.09, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0576 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.141 114)
XYZ	xyz(46.3811, 56.4668, 17.9051)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CE59 #6459CE

analogous

#CE9E59 #C3CE59 #88CE59

triadic

#C3CE59 #59C3CE #CE59C3

tetradic

#C3CE59 #59CE9E #6459CE #CE5988

square

#C3CE59 #59CE9E #6459CE #CE5988

split-complementary

#C3CE59 #5988CE #9E59CE

monochromatic

#7C8527 #A9B535 #C3CE59 #D4DC88 #E5EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C3CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C3CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CE59

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CE59	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)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7dc8c',
    500: '#c3ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ce59;
$custom-light: #d7dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.641,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81975,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.56466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CE59

secondary

#463F8C

accent

#4ADE58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CE59

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

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