#C8E356#C8E356

#C8E356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.167 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E356
RGB	rgb(200, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -27.98, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 69.66, 113.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0816 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.167 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9691, 67.8897, 19.1159)
Luminance	0.6789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E356 #7156E3

analogous

#E3B856 #C8E356 #82E356

triadic

#C8E356 #56C8E3 #E356C8

tetradic

#C8E356 #56E3B8 #7156E3 #E35682

square

#C8E356 #56E3B8 #7156E3 #E35682

split-complementary

#C8E356 #5682E3 #B856E3

monochromatic

#89A41B #B6D824 #C8E356 #D9EC8B #EAF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C8E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#C8E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E356

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E356	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.167 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb8c',
    500: '#c8e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e356;
$custom-light: #dceb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.489,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86927,
    "c": 0.16709,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E356

secondary

#4C37A6

accent

#12D437

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E356

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

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