#C8E161#C8E161

#C8E161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.156 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E161
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -26.21, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 64.22, 114.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0756 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.156 119)
XYZ	xyz(52.9030, 66.9932, 21.4509)
Luminance	0.6699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E161 #7A61E1

analogous

#E1BA61 #C8E161 #88E161

triadic

#C8E161 #61C8E1 #E161C8

tetradic

#C8E161 #61E1BA #7A61E1 #E16188

square

#C8E161 #61E1BA #7A61E1 #E16188

split-complementary

#C8E161 #6188E1 #BA61E1

monochromatic

#8DA820 #B6D72E #C8E161 #DAEB94 #ECF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C8E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#C8E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E161

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E161	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.156 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbea92',
    500: '#c8e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e161;
$custom-light: #dbea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.719,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86596,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.66993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E161

secondary

#523CAA

accent

#15D03A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E161

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

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