#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
RGB	rgb(195, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.29, -32.52, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.29, 71.70, 116.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0937 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.174 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4483, 70.6010, 20.2608)
Luminance	0.7060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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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
##C3E959	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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