#C8E042#C8E042
#C8E042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.177 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8E042 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 224, 66) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 72%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 71%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.99, -27.78, 70.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.99, 75.70, 111.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.11% -0.0829 0.1568) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.11% 0.177 117.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.4596, 65.9845, 15.1786) |
| Luminance | 0.6598 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 2.65
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 3.98
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.75
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.13
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 6.12
Greeny Yellow
#C6F808
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8E042 #5A42E0
analogous
#E0A942 #C8E042 #79E042
triadic
#C8E042 #42C8E0 #E042C8
tetradic
#C8E042 #42E0A9 #5A42E0 #E04279
square
#C8E042 #42E0A9 #5A42E0 #E04279
split-complementary
#C8E042 #4279E0 #A942E0
monochromatic
#7E9018 #ACC520 #C8E042 #D7E977 #E7F1AB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#C8E042 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.20
#C8E042 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8E042
14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8E042 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8E042 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.20 | 14.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD426
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD54F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D4C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8e042; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 224, 66); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.177 117.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dce980',
500: '#c8e042',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8e042; $custom-light: #dce980; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8e042",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 224,
"b": 66
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.114,
"s": 71.818,
"l": 56.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86108,
"c": 0.17739,
"h": 117.9
},
"luminance": 0.65984
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8E042
secondary
#403195
accent
#39EF55
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15160B
muted
#84847E