#C8E057#C8E057

#C8E057 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.163 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E057
RGB	rgb(200, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -26.49, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 67.88, 112.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0773 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.163 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1963, 66.2792, 19.0584)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E057 #6F57E0

analogous

#E0B357 #C8E057 #83E057

triadic

#C8E057 #57C8E0 #E057C8

tetradic

#C8E057 #57E0B3 #6F57E0 #E05783

square

#C8E057 #57E0B3 #6F57E0 #E05783

split-complementary

#C8E057 #5783E0 #B357E0

monochromatic

#889F1D #B5D327 #C8E057 #D9EA8B #EAF3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C8E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#C8E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E057

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E057	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.163 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe98c',
    500: '#c8e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e057;
$custom-light: #dbe98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.511,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86277,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E057

secondary

#4B39A2

accent

#15D136

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E057

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

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