#C8E459#C8E459

#C8E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.166 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E459
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -28.24, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 68.93, 114.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.082 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.166 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3668, 68.4877, 19.8573)
Luminance	0.6849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E459 #7559E4

analogous

#E4BA59 #C8E459 #83E459

triadic

#C8E459 #59C8E4 #E459C8

tetradic

#C8E459 #59E4BA #7559E4 #E45983

square

#C8E459 #59E4BA #7559E4 #E45983

split-complementary

#C8E459 #5983E4 #BA59E4

monochromatic

#8BA71B #B7DB24 #C8E459 #D9ED8E #EBF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#C8E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E459

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E459	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.166 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec8d',
    500: '#c8e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e459;
$custom-light: #dbec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.086,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87175,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E459

secondary

#4F38A9

accent

#11D439

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E459

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

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