#C8E249#C8E249

#C8E249 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.175 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E249
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -28.34, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 74.12, 112.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0838 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.175 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2194, 67.1535, 16.5130)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E249 #6349E2

analogous

#E2AF49 #C8E249 #7BE249

triadic

#C8E249 #49C8E2 #E249C8

tetradic

#C8E249 #49E2AF #6349E2 #E2497B

square

#C8E249 #49E2AF #6349E2 #E2497B

split-complementary

#C8E249 #497BE2 #AF49E2

monochromatic

#839818 #B0CD21 #C8E249 #D8EA7E #E8F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C8E249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#C8E249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E249

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E249	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.175 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb84',
    500: '#c8e249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e249;
$custom-light: #dceb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.196,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86599,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E249

secondary

#45339C

accent

#39EF58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E249

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →