#C3E559#C3E559

#C3E559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.169 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3E559
RGB	rgb(195, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -30.66, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 69.80, 116.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0885 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.169 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3287, 68.3620, 19.8877)
Luminance	0.6836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3E559 #7B59E5

analogous

#E5C159 #C3E559 #7DE559

triadic

#C3E559 #59C3E5 #E559C3

tetradic

#C3E559 #59E5C1 #7B59E5 #E5597D

square

#C3E559 #59E5C1 #7B59E5 #E5597D

split-complementary

#C3E559 #597DE5 #C159E5

monochromatic

#86A91A #B0DD24 #C3E559 #D6ED8E #E9F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C3E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#C3E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3E559

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3E559	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDDAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.169 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ed8d',
    500: '#c3e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3e559;
$custom-light: #d8ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87039,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3E559

secondary

#5337AB

accent

#10D540

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3E559

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

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