#C8E461#C8E461

#C8E461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.159 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E461
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -27.63, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 65.65, 114.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0796 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.159 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7211, 68.6294, 21.7237)
Luminance	0.6863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E461 #7D61E4

analogous

#E4BE61 #C8E461 #86E461

triadic

#C8E461 #61C8E4 #E461C8

tetradic

#C8E461 #61E4BE #7D61E4 #E46186

square

#C8E461 #61E4BE #7D61E4 #E46186

split-complementary

#C8E461 #6186E4 #BE61E4

monochromatic

#8EAD1E #B6DB2D #C8E461 #DAED95 #ECF6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#C8E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E461

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E461	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.159 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec92',
    500: '#c8e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e461;
$custom-light: #dbec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.824,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87254,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E461

secondary

#543BAE

accent

#13D33C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E461

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

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