#C8E456#C8E456

#C8E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.168 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E456
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -28.45, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 70.12, 113.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0829 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.168 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2434, 68.4383, 19.2073)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E456 #7256E4

analogous

#E4B956 #C8E456 #81E456

triadic

#C8E456 #56C8E4 #E456C8

tetradic

#C8E456 #56E4B9 #7256E4 #E45681

square

#C8E456 #56E4B9 #7256E4 #E45681

split-complementary

#C8E456 #5681E4 #B956E4

monochromatic

#8AA51A #B6DA23 #C8E456 #D9EC8B #EAF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#C8E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E456

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E456	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.168 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec8c',
    500: '#c8e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e456;
$custom-light: #dcec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.831,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87147,
    "c": 0.16827,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E456

secondary

#4D37A7

accent

#11D538

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E456

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

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