#C3CE99#C3CE99

#C3CE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.072 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3CE99
RGB	rgb(195, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(72, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(72, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -12.58, 25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 28.15, 116.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0331 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.072 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3264, 58.0449, 38.6833)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3CE99 #A499CE

analogous

#CEBE99 #C3CE99 #A8CE99

triadic

#C3CE99 #99C3CE #CE99C3

tetradic

#C3CE99 #99CEBE #A499CE #CE99A8

square

#C3CE99 #99CEBE #A499CE #CE99A8

split-complementary

#C3CE99 #99A8CE #BE99CE

monochromatic

#8FA04D #ABBA70 #C3CE99 #DBE2C2 #F3F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C3CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#C3CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3CE99

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3CE99	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.072 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ddb7',
    500: '#c3ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ce99;
$custom-light: #d5ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.453,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82969,
    "c": 0.07171,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3CE99

secondary

#7468A3

accent

#38AE50

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3CE99

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

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