#c3c978

Color #c3c978

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 7.75 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c3c978

RGB

rgb(195, 201, 120)

HSL

hsl(64.4, 42.9%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.4, 40.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 0%, 40.3%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(78.89, -14.22, 39.73)

LCH

lch(78.89, 42.2, 109.69)

OKLCH

oklch(81.3%, 0.1043, 112.14)

HWB

hwb(64.4, 47.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e78c9

Analogous

#c9a678

#c3c978

#9ac978

Triadic

#c3c978

#78c3c9

#c978c3

Split-complementary

#c3c978

#789ac9

#a678c9

Tetradic

#c3c978

#78c97e

#7e78c9

#c978c3

Square

#c3c978

#78c9a6

#7e78c9

#c9789a

Shades

Color #c3c978 mixed toward black.

#b2ba52

#92993d

#6e732e

#494c1f

#25260f

Tints

Color #c3c978 mixed toward white.

#cdd28e

#d7dba5

#e1e4bb

#ebedd2

#f5f6e8

Tones

Color #c3c978 mixed toward gray.

#bdc27f

#b7bb85

#b2b58c

#acae93

#a6a79a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c691 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#c5c596 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#c3a2a5 · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c3c978;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c3c978]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c3c978 (#c3c978) is rgb(195, 201, 120) in RGB.

No, #c3c978 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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