#C8E044#C8E044

#C8E044 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.176 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E044
RGB	rgb(200, 224, 68)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 69.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -27.67, 69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 75.01, 111.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0824 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.176 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5196, 66.0085, 15.4946)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E044 #5C44E0

analogous

#E0AA44 #C8E044 #7AE044

triadic

#C8E044 #44C8E0 #E044C8

tetradic

#C8E044 #44E0AA #5C44E0 #E0447A

square

#C8E044 #44E0AA #5C44E0 #E0447A

split-complementary

#C8E044 #447AE0 #AA44E0

monochromatic

#7F9118 #ADC621 #C8E044 #D7E978 #E7F1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C8E044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#C8E044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E044

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E044	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)

#EFD42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 224, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.176 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce981',
    500: '#c8e044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e044;
$custom-light: #dce981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86122,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E044

secondary

#413296

accent

#3AEE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E044

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

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