#C8E156#C8E156

#C8E156 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.165 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E156
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -27.04, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 68.74, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.079 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.165 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4252, 66.8021, 18.9346)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E156 #6F56E1

analogous

#E1B456 #C8E156 #82E156

triadic

#C8E156 #56C8E1 #E156C8

tetradic

#C8E156 #56E1B4 #6F56E1 #E15682

square

#C8E156 #56E1B4 #6F56E1 #E15682

split-complementary

#C8E156 #5682E1 #B456E1

monochromatic

#88A01C #B5D426 #C8E156 #D9EA8A #EAF3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C8E156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#C8E156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E156

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E156	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.165 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea8b',
    500: '#c8e156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e156;
$custom-light: #dcea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.791,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86487,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E156

secondary

#4B38A3

accent

#14D236

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E156

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

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