#C8E359#C8E359

#C8E359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.165 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E359
RGB	rgb(200, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -27.77, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 68.46, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0807 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.165 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0925, 67.9391, 19.7659)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E359 #7459E3

analogous

#E3B959 #C8E359 #83E359

triadic

#C8E359 #59C8E3 #E359C8

tetradic

#C8E359 #59E3B9 #7459E3 #E35983

square

#C8E359 #59E3B9 #7459E3 #E35983

split-complementary

#C8E359 #5983E3 #B959E3

monochromatic

#8BA61C #B7DA25 #C8E359 #D9EC8D #EBF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C8E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#C8E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E359

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E359	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.165 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeb8d',
    500: '#c8e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e359;
$custom-light: #dbeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.739,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86955,
    "c": 0.16476,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E359

secondary

#4E38A8

accent

#12D338

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E359

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

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