#C8E342#C8E342

#C8E342 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.181 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E342
RGB	rgb(200, 227, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.81, -29.19, 71.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.81, 76.97, 112.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0868 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.181 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2730, 67.6113, 15.4497)
Luminance	0.6761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E342 #5D42E3

analogous

#E3AD42 #C8E342 #78E342

triadic

#C8E342 #42C8E3 #E342C8

tetradic

#C8E342 #42E3AD #5D42E3 #E34278

square

#C8E342 #42E3AD #5D42E3 #E34278

split-complementary

#C8E342 #4278E3 #AD42E3

monochromatic

#7F9516 #ADCA1E #C8E342 #D8EB77 #E7F3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C8E342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#C8E342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E342

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E342	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)

#F2D625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 227, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.181 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb81',
    500: '#c8e342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e342;
$custom-light: #dceb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.062,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8677,
    "c": 0.18074,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E342

secondary

#423099

accent

#37F156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E342

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

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