#C8E189#C8E189

#C8E189 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.116 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E189
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 137)
HSL	hsl(77, 59%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(77, 39%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 39.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -22.23, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 46.04, 118.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0611 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.116 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2599, 67.9359, 33.8638)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E189 #A289E1

analogous

#E1CE89 #C8E189 #9CE189

triadic

#C8E189 #89C8E1 #E189C8

tetradic

#C8E189 #89E1CE #A289E1 #E1899C

square

#C8E189 #89E1CE #A289E1 #E1899C

split-complementary

#C8E189 #899CE1 #CE89E1

monochromatic

#97BF31 #B1D558 #C8E189 #DFEDBA #F4F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C8E189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#C8E189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E189

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E189	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.116 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeaac',
    500: '#c8e189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e189;
$custom-light: #daeaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.045,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87129,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E189

secondary

#7255B9

accent

#1EC74E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E189

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

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