#C8E340#C8E340

#C8E340 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.182 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E340
RGB	rgb(200, 227, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -29.29, 71.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 77.63, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0872 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.182 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2150, 67.5881, 15.1446)
Luminance	0.6759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E340 #5B40E3

analogous

#E3AD40 #C8E340 #76E340

triadic

#C8E340 #40C8E3 #E340C8

tetradic

#C8E340 #40E3AD #5B40E3 #E34076

square

#C8E340 #40E3AD #5B40E3 #E34076

split-complementary

#C8E340 #4076E3 #AD40E3

monochromatic

#7E9316 #ACC81D #C8E340 #D7EB75 #E7F3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C8E340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#C8E340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E340

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E340	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 227, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.182 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb80',
    500: '#c8e340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e340;
$custom-light: #dceb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.939,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86757,
    "c": 0.18191,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E340

secondary

#413097

accent

#37F156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E340

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

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