#C8E460#C8E460

#C8E460 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.160 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E460
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -27.71, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 66.07, 114.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0799 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.16 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.6748, 68.6109, 21.4796)
Luminance	0.6861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E460 #7C60E4

analogous

#E4BE60 #C8E460 #86E460

triadic

#C8E460 #60C8E4 #E460C8

tetradic

#C8E460 #60E4BE #7C60E4 #E46086

square

#C8E460 #60E4BE #7C60E4 #E46086

split-complementary

#C8E460 #6086E4 #BE60E4

monochromatic

#8EAC1D #B6DB2C #C8E460 #DAED94 #ECF6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#C8E460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E460

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E460	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.160 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec92',
    500: '#c8e460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e460;
$custom-light: #dbec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.727,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87244,
    "c": 0.16026,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E460

secondary

#533AAE

accent

#13D33B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E460

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

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