#C8E157#C8E157

#C8E157 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.164 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E157
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -26.96, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 68.34, 113.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0787 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.164 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4658, 66.8183, 19.1483)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E157 #7057E1

analogous

#E1B557 #C8E157 #83E157

triadic

#C8E157 #57C8E1 #E157C8

tetradic

#C8E157 #57E1B5 #7057E1 #E15783

square

#C8E157 #57E1B5 #7057E1 #E15783

split-complementary

#C8E157 #5783E1 #B557E1

monochromatic

#89A11D #B5D526 #C8E157 #D9EA8B #EAF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C8E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#C8E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E157

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E157	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)

#EFD546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.164 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbea8c',
    500: '#c8e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e157;
$custom-light: #dbea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.87,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86496,
    "c": 0.16395,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E157

secondary

#4C38A4

accent

#14D236

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E157

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

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