#c3cd79

Color #c3cd79

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 9.95 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c3cd79

RGB

rgb(195, 205, 121)

HSL

hsl(67.1, 45.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.1, 41%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 41%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(79.98, -16.12, 40.61)

LCH

lch(79.98, 43.69, 111.65)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.1083, 114.39)

HWB

hwb(67.1, 47.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8379cd

Analogous

#cdad79

#c3cd79

#99cd79

Triadic

#c3cd79

#79c3cd

#cd79c3

Split-complementary

#c3cd79

#7999cd

#ad79cd

Tetradic

#c3cd79

#79cd83

#8379cd

#cd79c3

Square

#c3cd79

#79cdad

#8379cd

#cd7999

Shades

Color #c3cd79 mixed toward black.

#b1be51

#939e3b

#6e772c

#494f1d

#25280f

Tints

Color #c3cd79 mixed toward white.

#cdd58f

#d7dea6

#e1e6bc

#ebeed2

#f5f7e9

Tones

Color #c3cd79 mixed toward gray.

#bec680

#b8bf87

#b3b88e

#aeb195

#a8aa9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c893 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#c7c699 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#c4a4a8 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c3cd79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c3cd79]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c3cd79 (#c3cd79) is rgb(195, 205, 121) in RGB.

No, #c3cd79 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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