#C3E959#C3E959

#C3E959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.174 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3E959
RGBrgb(195, 233, 89)
HSLhsl(76, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(76, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(16.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.29, -32.52, 63.91)
CIE-LCHlch(87.29, 71.70, 116.97°)
OKLaboklab(87.93% -0.0937 0.1465)
OKLCHoklch(87.93% 0.174 122.6)
XYZxyz(53.4483, 70.6010, 20.2608)
Luminance0.7060 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3E959 #7F59E9
analogous
#E9C759 #C3E959 #7BE959
triadic
#C3E959 #59C3E9 #E959C3
tetradic
#C3E959 #59E9C7 #7F59E9 #E9597B
square
#C3E959 #59E9C7 #7F59E9 #E9597B
split-complementary
#C3E959 #597BE9 #C759E9
monochromatic
#88B017 #AFE223 #C3E959 #D7F08F #EAF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39
#C3E959 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12
#C3E959 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3E959
15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3E959#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3E9591.001.3915.1215.12
#FFFFFF1.391.0021.0021.00
#00000015.1221.001.001.00
##00000015.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F1DB63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CCDECB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.174 122.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8f08e',
    500: '#c3e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3e959;
$custom-light: #d8f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87928,
    "c": 0.17391,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3E959
secondary
#5635B1
accent
#0DD943
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3E959

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#C3E959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva