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Recognised as Colour

#C3D55E

  • #C3D55E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#C3D55E is a yellow with RGB values 195, 213, 94 and HSL 69°, 59%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#C3D55E#C3D55E
HEX#C3D55E
RGBrgb(195, 213, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.8353, 0.3686
RGB percentages76.5%, 83.5%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(69.1, 58.6%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.1, 55.9%, 83.5%)
CMYK8.5%, 0%, 55.9%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,834,142
CSS custom property--colour: #C3D55E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#3C2AA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2CB52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0CC65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#CECABBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.3Yellow green · ΔE 19.5Dark khaki · ΔE 23.1Olivedrab · ΔE 28.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.5Light green · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#705ED5
Analogous#D5AC5E, #88D55E
Triadic#5EC3D5, #D55EC3
Split complementary#5E88D5, #AC5ED5
Tetradic#5ED5AC, #705ED5, #D55E87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F5D7
Lighter +20%#E1EAAF
Lighter +10%#D2E086
Darker −10%#B4CA36
Darker −20%#90A32A
Darker −30%#6C7A20
Darker −40%#495215
More saturated +25%#D5EE45
Less saturated −25%#B1BC77

Channel breakdown

R195
G213
B94
Red195 (76.5%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue69.08°
Saturation (HSL)58.62%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C3 · G D5 · B 5E

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