#C8E259#C8E259

#C8E259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.164 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E259
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -27.30, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 68.00, 113.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0794 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.164 119)
XYZ	xyz(52.8198, 67.3937, 19.6749)
Luminance	0.6739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E259 #7359E2

analogous

#E2B859 #C8E259 #84E259

triadic

#C8E259 #59C8E2 #E259C8

tetradic

#C8E259 #59E2B8 #7359E2 #E25984

square

#C8E259 #59E2B8 #7359E2 #E25984

split-complementary

#C8E259 #5984E2 #B859E2

monochromatic

#8AA41D #B6D826 #C8E259 #D9EB8D #EBF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C8E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#C8E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E259

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E259	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.164 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeb8d',
    500: '#c8e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e259;
$custom-light: #dbeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.387,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86735,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.67393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E259

secondary

#4E39A6

accent

#13D237

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E259

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

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