#C8E236#C8E236

#C8E236 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.186 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E236
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 76.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -29.28, 74.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 80.29, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.088 0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.186 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6828, 66.9389, 13.6872)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E236 #5036E2

analogous

#E2A636 #C8E236 #72E236

triadic

#C8E236 #36C8E2 #E236C8

tetradic

#C8E236 #36E2A6 #5036E2 #E23672

square

#C8E236 #36E2A6 #5036E2 #E23672

split-complementary

#C8E236 #3672E2 #A636E2

monochromatic

#788A14 #A6BF1C #C8E236 #D7EA6B #E5F1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C8E236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#C8E236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E236

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E236	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.186 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb7b',
    500: '#c8e236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e236;
$custom-light: #ddeb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.07,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86477,
    "c": 0.18617,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E236

secondary

#3C2D8F

accent

#36F153

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E236

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

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