#C3D42E#C3D42E

#C3D42E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.177 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3D42E
RGB	rgb(195, 212, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 78.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -24.99, 73.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 77.26, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0765 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.177 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5436, 58.8871, 11.4987)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3D42E #3F2ED4

analogous

#D4922E #C3D42E #70D42E

triadic

#C3D42E #2EC3D4 #D42EC3

tetradic

#C3D42E #2ED492 #3F2ED4 #D42E70

square

#C3D42E #2ED492 #3F2ED4 #D42E70

split-complementary

#C3D42E #2E70D4 #922ED4

monochromatic

#677017 #96A322 #C3D42E #D2DE61 #E0E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C3D42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#C3D42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3D42E

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3D42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3D42E	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3d42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 212, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.177 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e175',
    500: '#c3d42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3d42e;
$custom-light: #d9e175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3d42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.145,
    "s": 65.873,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82964,
    "c": 0.17677,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3D42E

secondary

#352D79

accent

#3FE950

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3D42E

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

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