#C3D256#C3D256

#C3D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.149 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3D256
RGB	rgb(195, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -21.82, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 62.19, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.064 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.149 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2329, 58.3678, 17.5802)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3D256 #6556D2

analogous

#D2A356 #C3D256 #85D256

triadic

#C3D256 #56C3D2 #D256C3

tetradic

#C3D256 #56D2A3 #6556D2 #D25685

square

#C3D256 #56D2A3 #6556D2 #D25685

split-complementary

#C3D256 #5685D2 #A356D2

monochromatic

#7D8925 #A9B931 #C3D256 #D4DF86 #E5ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C3D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#C3D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3D256

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3D256	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.149 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8df8a',
    500: '#c3d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3d256;
$custom-light: #d8df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.258,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82818,
    "c": 0.14865,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3D256

secondary

#473D90

accent

#47E159

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3D256

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

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