#C8E140#C8E140

#C8E140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.180 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E140
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -28.35, 71.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 76.79, 111.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0846 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.18 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6712, 66.5004, 14.9633)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E140 #5940E1

analogous

#E1AA40 #C8E140 #78E140

triadic

#C8E140 #40C8E1 #E140C8

tetradic

#C8E140 #40E1AA #5940E1 #E14078

square

#C8E140 #40E1AA #5940E1 #E14078

split-complementary

#C8E140 #4078E1 #AA40E1

monochromatic

#7D9017 #ABC51F #C8E140 #D7E975 #E6F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C8E140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#C8E140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E140

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E140	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.180 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea7f',
    500: '#c8e140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e140;
$custom-light: #dcea7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.317,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86315,
    "c": 0.17969,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E140

secondary

#403095

accent

#38F055

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E140

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

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