#C8E355#C8E355

#C8E355 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.168 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E355
RGB	rgb(200, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -28.05, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 70.05, 113.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0819 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.168 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9290, 67.8737, 18.9052)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E355 #7055E3

analogous

#E3B755 #C8E355 #81E355

triadic

#C8E355 #55C8E3 #E355C8

tetradic

#C8E355 #55E3B7 #7055E3 #E35581

square

#C8E355 #55E3B7 #7055E3 #E35581

split-complementary

#C8E355 #5581E3 #B755E3

monochromatic

#89A31B #B5D723 #C8E355 #D9EC8A #EAF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C8E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#C8E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E355

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E355	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.168 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb8b',
    500: '#c8e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e355;
$custom-light: #dceb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.408,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86918,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E355

secondary

#4C37A5

accent

#12D437

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E355

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

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