#C8E162#C8E162

#C8E162 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.155 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E162
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(72, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -26.13, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 63.79, 114.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0753 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.155 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9499, 67.0119, 21.6981)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E162 #7B62E1

analogous

#E1BA62 #C8E162 #88E162

triadic

#C8E162 #62C8E1 #E162C8

tetradic

#C8E162 #62E1BA #7B62E1 #E16288

square

#C8E162 #62E1BA #7B62E1 #E16288

split-complementary

#C8E162 #6288E1 #BA62E1

monochromatic

#8EA820 #B6D72F #C8E162 #DAEB95 #ECF5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C8E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#C8E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E162

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E162	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)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.155 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbea93',
    500: '#c8e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e162;
$custom-light: #dbea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.811,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86606,
    "c": 0.15487,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E162

secondary

#523DAB

accent

#16D03A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E162

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

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