#C8E379#C8E379

#C8E379 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.136 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E379
RGB	rgb(200, 227, 121)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(75, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -24.97, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 54.58, 117.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.07 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.136 121)
XYZ	xyz(54.7399, 68.5981, 28.4424)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E379 #9479E3

analogous

#E3C979 #C8E379 #93E379

triadic

#C8E379 #79C8E3 #E379C8

tetradic

#C8E379 #79E3C9 #9479E3 #E37993

square

#C8E379 #79E3C9 #9479E3 #E37993

split-complementary

#C8E379 #7993E3 #C979E3

monochromatic

#95BB27 #B3D846 #C8E379 #DDEEAC #F2F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#C8E379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E379

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E379	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 227, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.136 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeba2',
    500: '#c8e379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e379;
$custom-light: #daeba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.283,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87325,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.68598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E379

secondary

#6446BA

accent

#18CD46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E379

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

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