#C3E359#C3E359

#C3E359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.167 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3E359
RGB	rgb(195, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -29.73, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 68.86, 115.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0859 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.167 121)
XYZ	xyz(51.7786, 67.2616, 19.7043)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3E359 #7959E3

analogous

#E3BE59 #C3E359 #7EE359

triadic

#C3E359 #59C3E3 #E359C3

tetradic

#C3E359 #59E3BE #7959E3 #E3597E

square

#C3E359 #59E3BE #7959E3 #E3597E

split-complementary

#C3E359 #597EE3 #BE59E3

monochromatic

#86A61C #B0DA25 #C3E359 #D6EC8D #E9F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C3E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#C3E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3E359

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3E359	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDD8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.167 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8eb8d',
    500: '#c3e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3e359;
$custom-light: #d8eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.913,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86595,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.67262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3E359

secondary

#5238A8

accent

#12D33F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3E359

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

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