#C8E056#C8E056

#C8E056 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; 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	#C8E056
RGB	rgb(200, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -26.56, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 68.28, 112.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0776 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.164 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1557, 66.2630, 18.8447)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E056 #6E56E0

analogous

#E0B356 #C8E056 #83E056

triadic

#C8E056 #56C8E0 #E056C8

tetradic

#C8E056 #56E0B3 #6E56E0 #E05683

square

#C8E056 #56E0B3 #6E56E0 #E05683

split-complementary

#C8E056 #5683E0 #B356E0

monochromatic

#889F1D #B4D227 #C8E056 #D9E98A #EAF3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C8E056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#C8E056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E056

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E056	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)

#EED445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.164 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce98b',
    500: '#c8e056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e056;
$custom-light: #dce98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.435,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86267,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E056

secondary

#4B38A2

accent

#15D135

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E056

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

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