#C3D559#C3D559

#C3D559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.150 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3D559
RGB	rgb(195, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -23.05, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 62.29, 111.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0672 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.15 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1040, 59.9124, 18.4794)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3D559 #6B59D5

analogous

#D5A959 #C3D559 #85D559

triadic

#C3D559 #59C3D5 #D559C3

tetradic

#C3D559 #59D5A9 #6B59D5 #D55985

square

#C3D559 #59D5A9 #6B59D5 #D55985

split-complementary

#C3D559 #5985D5 #A959D5

monochromatic

#808F24 #ABC031 #C3D559 #D5E18A #E6EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C3D559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#C3D559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3D559

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3D559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3D559	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3d559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.150 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8e18c',
    500: '#c3d559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3d559;
$custom-light: #d8e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3d559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.71,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83506,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3D559

secondary

#4A3D95

accent

#45E35C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3D559

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

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