#C8E253#C8E253

#C8E253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.168 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E253
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -27.71, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 70.38, 113.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0811 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.168 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5780, 67.2970, 18.4017)
Luminance	0.6730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E253 #6D53E2

analogous

#E2B453 #C8E253 #80E253

triadic

#C8E253 #53C8E2 #E253C8

tetradic

#C8E253 #53E2B4 #6D53E2 #E25380

square

#C8E253 #53E2B4 #6D53E2 #E25380

split-complementary

#C8E253 #5380E2 #B453E2

monochromatic

#88A01B #B4D424 #C8E253 #D9EB87 #E9F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C8E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#C8E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E253

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E253	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.168 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb8a',
    500: '#c8e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e253;
$custom-light: #dceb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8668,
    "c": 0.16818,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E253

secondary

#4A37A3

accent

#12D335

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E253

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

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