#C3E042#C3E042

#C3E042 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.179 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3E042
RGB	rgb(195, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -29.78, 69.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 76.03, 113.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0882 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.179 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1457, 65.3070, 15.1170)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3E042 #5F42E0

analogous

#E0AE42 #C3E042 #74E042

triadic

#C3E042 #42C3E0 #E042C3

tetradic

#C3E042 #42E0AE #5F42E0 #E04274

square

#C3E042 #42E0AE #5F42E0 #E04274

split-complementary

#C3E042 #4274E0 #AE42E0

monochromatic

#7A9018 #A6C520 #C3E042 #D4E977 #E4F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C3E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#C3E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3E042

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3E042	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.179 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e980',
    500: '#c3e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3e042;
$custom-light: #d9e980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.013,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85741,
    "c": 0.1792,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3E042

secondary

#443195

accent

#39EF5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3E042

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

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