#C8E255#C8E255

#C8E255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.167 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E255
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -27.58, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 69.59, 113.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0806 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.167 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6563, 67.3283, 18.8143)
Luminance	0.6733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E255 #6F55E2

analogous

#E2B555 #C8E255 #81E255

triadic

#C8E255 #55C8E2 #E255C8

tetradic

#C8E255 #55E2B5 #6F55E2 #E25581

square

#C8E255 #55E2B5 #6F55E2 #E25581

split-complementary

#C8E255 #5581E2 #B555E2

monochromatic

#88A11B #B5D524 #C8E255 #D9EB89 #EAF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C8E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#C8E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E255

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E255	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.167 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb8b',
    500: '#c8e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e255;
$custom-light: #dceb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.064,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86698,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E255

secondary

#4B37A4

accent

#13D336

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E255

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

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