#C3E856#C3E856

#C3E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.175 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3E856
RGB	rgb(195, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.99, -32.27, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.99, 72.39, 116.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0932 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.175 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0426, 69.9871, 19.5168)
Luminance	0.6999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3E856 #7B56E8

analogous

#E8C456 #C3E856 #7AE856

triadic

#C3E856 #56C3E8 #E856C3

tetradic

#C3E856 #56E8C4 #7B56E8 #E8567A

square

#C3E856 #56E8C4 #7B56E8 #E8567A

split-complementary

#C3E856 #567AE8 #C456E8

monochromatic

#86AC17 #B0E120 #C3E856 #D6EF8C #E9F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C3E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#C3E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3E856

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3E856	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.175 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ef8c',
    500: '#c3e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3e856;
$custom-light: #d8ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.205,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87678,
    "c": 0.17497,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3E856

secondary

#5335AD

accent

#0DD841

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3E856

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

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