#C3D159#C3D159

#C3D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.145 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3D159
RGB	rgb(195, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -21.10, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 60.45, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0617 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.145 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1102, 57.9250, 18.1482)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3D159 #6759D1

analogous

#D1A359 #C3D159 #87D159

triadic

#C3D159 #59C3D1 #D159C3

tetradic

#C3D159 #59D1A3 #6759D1 #D15987

square

#C3D159 #59D1A3 #6759D1 #D15987

split-complementary

#C3D159 #5987D1 #A359D1

monochromatic

#7E8926 #AAB933 #C3D159 #D4DE89 #E6ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C3D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#C3D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3D159

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3D159	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.145 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8df8c',
    500: '#c3d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3d159;
$custom-light: #d8df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8263,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3D159

secondary

#483E90

accent

#48E05A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3D159

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

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