#C8E35E#C8E35E
#C8E35E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.161 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8E35E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 227, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 70%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 58.6%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.02, -27.40, 60.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.02, 66.42, 114.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87% -0.0792 0.1398) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87% 0.161 119.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3096, 68.0259, 20.9094) |
| Luminance | 0.6803 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 4.96
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.26
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 5.30
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.80
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 6.69
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 6.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8E35E #795EE3
analogous
#E3BB5E #C8E35E #86E35E
triadic
#C8E35E #5EC8E3 #E35EC8
tetradic
#C8E35E #5EE3BB #795EE3 #E35E86
square
#C8E35E #5EE3BB #795EE3 #E35E86
split-complementary
#C8E35E #5E86E3 #BB5EE3
monochromatic
#8DA91D #B6DA2A #C8E35E #DAEC92 #ECF5C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.44
#C8E35E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.61
#C8E35E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8E35E
14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8E35E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8E35E | 1.00 | 1.44 | 14.61 | 14.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0D74F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD867
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2D8C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8e35e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 227, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.161 119.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dbeb90',
500: '#c8e35e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8e35e; $custom-light: #dbeb90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8e35e",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 227,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.18,
"s": 70.37,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87004,
"c": 0.16071,
"h": 119.5
},
"luminance": 0.68026
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8E35E
secondary
#513AAB
accent
#13D23A
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84847F