#C8E449#C8E449

#C8E449 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.177 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E449
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -29.28, 69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 74.99, 112.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0864 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.177 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7664, 68.2475, 16.6954)
Luminance	0.6825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E449 #6549E4

analogous

#E4B349 #C8E449 #7BE449

triadic

#C8E449 #49C8E4 #E449C8

tetradic

#C8E449 #49E4B3 #6549E4 #E4497B

square

#C8E449 #49E4B3 #6549E4 #E4497B

split-complementary

#C8E449 #497BE4 #B349E4

monochromatic

#849C17 #B1D11F #C8E449 #D8EC7E #E8F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#C8E449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E449

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E449	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.177 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec84',
    500: '#c8e449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e449;
$custom-light: #dcec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.839,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8704,
    "c": 0.17749,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E449

secondary

#46329F

accent

#37F159

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E449

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

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