#C8E245#C8E245

#C8E245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.178 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E245
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 69)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -28.56, 69.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 75.52, 112.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0848 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.178 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0910, 67.1022, 15.8369)
Luminance	0.6710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E245 #5F45E2

analogous

#E2AD45 #C8E245 #7AE245

triadic

#C8E245 #45C8E2 #E245C8

tetradic

#C8E245 #45E2AD #5F45E2 #E2457A

square

#C8E245 #45E2AD #5F45E2 #E2457A

split-complementary

#C8E245 #457AE2 #AD45E2

monochromatic

#809517 #AECA20 #C8E245 #D8EA7A #E7F3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C8E245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#C8E245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E245

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E245	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.178 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb82',
    500: '#c8e245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e245;
$custom-light: #dceb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.936,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8657,
    "c": 0.17779,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E245

secondary

#43329A

accent

#38F056

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E245

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

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