#C3E579#C3E579

#C3E579 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.140 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3E579
RGB	rgb(195, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(79, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(79, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -27.82, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 56.10, 119.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0777 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.14 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9762, 69.0210, 28.5642)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3E579 #9B79E5

analogous

#E5D179 #C3E579 #8DE579

triadic

#C3E579 #79C3E5 #E579C3

tetradic

#C3E579 #79E5D1 #9B79E5 #E5798D

square

#C3E579 #79E5D1 #9B79E5 #E5798D

split-complementary

#C3E579 #798DE5 #D179E5

monochromatic

#8EBF25 #ACDB46 #C3E579 #DAEFAC #F1F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C3E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#C3E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3E579

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3E579	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CADCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.140 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7eda2',
    500: '#c3e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3e579;
$custom-light: #d7eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.889,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87408,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3E579

secondary

#6B46BD

accent

#16CF50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3E579

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

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