#C8E361#C8E361

#C8E361 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.158 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E361
RGB	rgb(200, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 57.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -27.16, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 65.17, 114.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0782 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.158 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4468, 68.0808, 21.6322)
Luminance	0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E361 #7C61E3

analogous

#E3BD61 #C8E361 #87E361

triadic

#C8E361 #61C8E3 #E361C8

tetradic

#C8E361 #61E3BD #7C61E3 #E36187

square

#C8E361 #61E3BD #7C61E3 #E36187

split-complementary

#C8E361 #6187E3 #BD61E3

monochromatic

#8EAB1E #B6DA2D #C8E361 #DAEC95 #ECF5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C8E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#C8E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E361

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E361	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.158 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeb92',
    500: '#c8e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e361;
$custom-light: #dbeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.462,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87034,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E361

secondary

#533BAD

accent

#14D23B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E361

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

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