#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
RGBrgb(200, 226, 54)
HSLhsl(69, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(69, 76%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(11.5%, 0%, 76.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(85.47, -29.28, 74.77)
CIE-LCHlch(85.47, 80.29, 111.39°)
OKLaboklab(86.48% -0.088 0.1641)
OKLCHoklch(86.48% 0.186 118.2)
XYZxyz(51.6828, 66.9389, 13.6872)
Luminance0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C8E2361.001.4614.3914.39
#FFFFFF1.461.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3921.001.001.00
##00000014.3921.001.001.00

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

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#C8E236 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva