#C3E449#C3E449

#C3E449 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.179 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3E449
RGB	rgb(195, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(73, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -31.26, 68.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 75.37, 114.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0916 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.179 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4525, 67.5700, 16.6338)
Luminance	0.6757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3E449 #6A49E4

analogous

#E4B849 #C3E449 #76E449

triadic

#C3E449 #49C3E4 #E449C3

tetradic

#C3E449 #49E4B8 #6A49E4 #E44976

square

#C3E449 #49E4B8 #6A49E4 #E44976

split-complementary

#C3E449 #4976E4 #B849E4

monochromatic

#7F9C17 #ABD11F #C3E449 #D5EC7E #E6F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C3E449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#C3E449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3E449

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3E449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3E449	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3e449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.179 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ec84',
    500: '#c3e449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3e449;
$custom-light: #d9ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3e449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.774,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86681,
    "c": 0.17936,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3E449

secondary

#49329F

accent

#37F15F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3E449

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

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