#C8E159#C8E159

#C8E159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.162 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E159
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -26.82, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 67.53, 113.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0781 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.162 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5486, 66.8514, 19.5846)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E159 #7259E1

analogous

#E1B659 #C8E159 #84E159

triadic

#C8E159 #59C8E1 #E159C8

tetradic

#C8E159 #59E1B6 #7259E1 #E15984

square

#C8E159 #59E1B6 #7259E1 #E15984

split-complementary

#C8E159 #5984E1 #B659E1

monochromatic

#8AA21D #B6D627 #C8E159 #D9EA8D #EAF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C8E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#C8E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E159

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E159	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.162 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbea8d',
    500: '#c8e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e159;
$custom-light: #dbea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.029,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86515,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E159

secondary

#4D39A5

accent

#14D137

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E159

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

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