#C8E457#C8E457

#C8E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.168 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E457
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -28.38, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 69.72, 114.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0826 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.168 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2839, 68.4545, 19.4210)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E457 #7357E4

analogous

#E4BA57 #C8E457 #82E457

triadic

#C8E457 #57C8E4 #E457C8

tetradic

#C8E457 #57E4BA #7357E4 #E45782

square

#C8E457 #57E4BA #7357E4 #E45782

split-complementary

#C8E457 #5782E4 #BA57E4

monochromatic

#8AA61B #B6DB23 #C8E457 #D9EC8C #EBF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#C8E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E457

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E457	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)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.168 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec8c',
    500: '#c8e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e457;
$custom-light: #dcec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.915,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87156,
    "c": 0.16751,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E457

secondary

#4E37A8

accent

#11D438

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E457

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

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