#C8E261#C8E261

#C8E261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.157 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E261
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -26.69, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 64.69, 114.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0769 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.157 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.1741, 67.5354, 21.5413)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E261 #7B61E2

analogous

#E2BB61 #C8E261 #87E261

triadic

#C8E261 #61C8E2 #E261C8

tetradic

#C8E261 #61E2BB #7B61E2 #E26187

square

#C8E261 #61E2BB #7B61E2 #E26187

split-complementary

#C8E261 #6187E2 #BB61E2

monochromatic

#8EA91F #B6D92D #C8E261 #DAEB95 #ECF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C8E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#C8E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E261

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E261	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.157 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeb92',
    500: '#c8e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e261;
$custom-light: #dbeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.093,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86815,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E261

secondary

#523CAB

accent

#15D13B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E261

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

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