#C8E037#C8E037
#C8E037 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.184 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8E037 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 224, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 73%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 75%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 75.4%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.93, -28.30, 73.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.93, 79.19, 110.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.04% -0.0852 0.1625) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.04% 0.184 117.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.1659, 65.8671, 13.6319) |
| Luminance | 0.6587 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 1.95
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 3.86
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.48
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.02
Greeny Yellow
#C6F808
ΔE00 6.11
Chartreuse (survey)
#C1F80A
ΔE00 6.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8E037 #4F37E0
analogous
#E0A437 #C8E037 #73E037
triadic
#C8E037 #37C8E0 #E037C8
tetradic
#C8E037 #37E0A4 #4F37E0 #E03773
square
#C8E037 #37E0A4 #4F37E0 #E03773
split-complementary
#C8E037 #3773E0 #A437E0
monochromatic
#778815 #A6BD1D #C8E037 #D7E86C #E5F0A1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#C8E037 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.17
#C8E037 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8E037
14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8E037 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8E037 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.17 | 14.17 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD407
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD547
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D3C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8e037; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 224, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.184 117.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dde97b',
500: '#c8e037',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8e037; $custom-light: #dde97b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8e037",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 224,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.521,
"s": 73.16,
"l": 54.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8604,
"c": 0.18351,
"h": 117.7
},
"luminance": 0.65867
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8E037
secondary
#3B2E8E
accent
#38F052
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16160A
muted
#84847D