#C8E051#C8E051

#C8E051 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.167 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E051
RGB	rgb(200, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -26.90, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 70.25, 112.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0791 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.167 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9612, 66.1852, 17.8207)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E051 #6951E0

analogous

#E0B151 #C8E051 #81E051

triadic

#C8E051 #51C8E0 #E051C8

tetradic

#C8E051 #51E0B1 #6951E0 #E05181

square

#C8E051 #51E0B1 #6951E0 #E05181

split-complementary

#C8E051 #5181E0 #B151E0

monochromatic

#869B1C #B2CF25 #C8E051 #D8E985 #E9F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C8E051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#C8E051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E051

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E051	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.167 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce988',
    500: '#c8e051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e051;
$custom-light: #dce988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.07,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86223,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E051

secondary

#48379F

accent

#3BED59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E051

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

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