#C8E196#C8E196

#C8E196 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.101 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E196
RGB	rgb(200, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(80, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(80, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -20.61, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 39.79, 121.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0559 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.101 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2492, 68.3316, 39.0742)
Luminance	0.6833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E196 #AF96E1

analogous

#E1D496 #C8E196 #A2E196

triadic

#C8E196 #96C8E1 #E196C8

tetradic

#C8E196 #96E1D4 #AF96E1 #E196A2

square

#C8E196 #96E1D4 #AF96E1 #E196A2

split-complementary

#C8E196 #96A2E1 #D496E1

monochromatic

#96C438 #AFD366 #C8E196 #E1EFC6 #F3F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#C8E196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E196

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E196	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.101 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eab5',
    500: '#c8e196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e196;
$custom-light: #d9eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87352,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E196

secondary

#7F61BA

accent

#22C358

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E196

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

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