#C8E055#C8E055

#C8E055 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.164 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E055
RGB	rgb(200, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -26.63, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 68.68, 112.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0779 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.164 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1157, 66.2470, 18.6340)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E055 #6D55E0

analogous

#E0B355 #C8E055 #82E055

triadic

#C8E055 #55C8E0 #E055C8

tetradic

#C8E055 #55E0B3 #6D55E0 #E05582

square

#C8E055 #55E0B3 #6D55E0 #E05582

split-complementary

#C8E055 #5582E0 #B355E0

monochromatic

#889E1D #B4D226 #C8E055 #D9E989 #E9F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C8E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#C8E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E055

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E055	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.164 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce98b',
    500: '#c8e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e055;
$custom-light: #dce98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.36,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86258,
    "c": 0.16431,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E055

secondary

#4A38A1

accent

#14D135

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E055

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

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