#C8E278#C8E278

#C8E278 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.135 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E278
RGB	rgb(200, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(75, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 46.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -24.59, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 54.53, 116.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.069 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.135 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4062, 68.0282, 28.0302)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E278 #9278E2

analogous

#E2C778 #C8E278 #93E278

triadic

#C8E278 #78C8E2 #E278C8

tetradic

#C8E278 #78E2C7 #9278E2 #E27893

square

#C8E278 #78E2C7 #9278E2 #E27893

split-complementary

#C8E278 #7893E2 #C778E2

monochromatic

#95B828 #B3D746 #C8E278 #DDEDAA #F1F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C8E278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#C8E278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E278

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E278	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.135 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeba1',
    500: '#c8e278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e278;
$custom-light: #daeba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.717,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87093,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E278

secondary

#6246B9

accent

#19CC45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E278

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

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