#C8E251#C8E251

#C8E251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.170 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E251
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -27.85, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 71.15, 113.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0817 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.17 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5019, 67.2665, 18.0009)
Luminance	0.6727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E251 #6B51E2

analogous

#E2B451 #C8E251 #7FE251

triadic

#C8E251 #51C8E2 #E251C8

tetradic

#C8E251 #51E2B4 #6B51E2 #E2517F

square

#C8E251 #51E2B4 #6B51E2 #E2517F

split-complementary

#C8E251 #517FE2 #B451E2

monochromatic

#879E1A #B3D323 #C8E251 #D9EB85 #E9F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C8E251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#C8E251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E251

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E251	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.170 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb89',
    500: '#c8e251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e251;
$custom-light: #dceb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.759,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86663,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E251

secondary

#4936A1

accent

#12D335

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E251

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

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