#C8E442#C8E442

#C8E442 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.182 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E442
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -29.66, 71.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 77.40, 112.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0881 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.182 119)
XYZ	xyz(52.5473, 68.1599, 15.5412)
Luminance	0.6816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E442 #5E42E4

analogous

#E4AF42 #C8E442 #77E442

triadic

#C8E442 #42C8E4 #E442C8

tetradic

#C8E442 #42E4AF #5E42E4 #E44277

square

#C8E442 #42E4AF #5E42E4 #E44277

split-complementary

#C8E442 #4277E4 #AF42E4

monochromatic

#809615 #AECC1D #C8E442 #D8EC78 #E7F3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C8E442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#C8E442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E442

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E442	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.182 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec81',
    500: '#c8e442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e442;
$custom-light: #dcec81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.37,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86991,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.6816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E442

secondary

#42309A

accent

#36F257

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E442

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

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