#C8E149#C8E149

#C8E149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.174 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E149
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -27.87, 68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 73.68, 112.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0825 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.174 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9483, 66.6113, 16.4226)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E149 #6249E1

analogous

#E1AE49 #C8E149 #7CE149

triadic

#C8E149 #49C8E1 #E149C8

tetradic

#C8E149 #49E1AE #6249E1 #E1497C

square

#C8E149 #49E1AE #6249E1 #E1497C

split-complementary

#C8E149 #497CE1 #AE49E1

monochromatic

#829719 #AFCB22 #C8E149 #D8EA7E #E8F2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C8E149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#C8E149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E149

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E149	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.174 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea84',
    500: '#c8e149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e149;
$custom-light: #dcea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.868,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86378,
    "c": 0.17408,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E149

secondary

#44339B

accent

#39EE57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E149

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

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