#C8E455#C8E455

#C8E455 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.169 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E455
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -28.52, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 70.51, 113.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0832 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.169 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2033, 68.4223, 18.9966)
Luminance	0.6842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E455 #7155E4

analogous

#E4B955 #C8E455 #81E455

triadic

#C8E455 #55C8E4 #E455C8

tetradic

#C8E455 #55E4B9 #7155E4 #E45581

square

#C8E455 #55E4B9 #7155E4 #E45581

split-complementary

#C8E455 #5581E4 #B955E4

monochromatic

#89A41A #B6D923 #C8E455 #D9EC8A #EAF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#C8E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E455

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E455	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.169 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec8b',
    500: '#c8e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e455;
$custom-light: #dcec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.748,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87138,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E455

secondary

#4C36A7

accent

#11D537

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E455

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

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