#C8E472#C8E472

#C8E472 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.144 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E472
RGB	rgb(200, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(75, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(75, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -26.14, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 58.27, 116.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0738 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.144 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6004, 68.9812, 26.3546)
Luminance	0.6898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E472 #8E72E4

analogous

#E4C772 #C8E472 #8FE472

triadic

#C8E472 #72C8E4 #E472C8

tetradic

#C8E472 #72E4C7 #8E72E4 #E4728F

square

#C8E472 #72E4C7 #8E72E4 #E4728F

split-complementary

#C8E472 #728FE4 #C772E4

monochromatic

#94B823 #B4DA3F #C8E472 #DCEEA5 #F0F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#C8E472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E472

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E472	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.144 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec9d',
    500: '#c8e472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e472;
$custom-light: #dbec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.737,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87451,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E472

secondary

#5F42B9

accent

#16D043

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E472

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

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