#C8E537#C8E537

#C8E537 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.189 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E537
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 76%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -30.64, 75.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 81.23, 112.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0917 0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.189 119)
XYZ	xyz(52.5295, 68.5942, 14.0864)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E537 #5437E5

analogous

#E5AB37 #C8E537 #71E537

triadic

#C8E537 #37C8E5 #E537C8

tetradic

#C8E537 #37E5AB #5437E5 #E53771

square

#C8E537 #37E5AB #5437E5 #E53771

split-complementary

#C8E537 #3771E5 #AB37E5

monochromatic

#7A8F13 #A9C51A #C8E537 #D7EC6D #E6F3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C8E537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#C8E537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E537

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E537	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)

#F4D801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.189 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded7c',
    500: '#c8e537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e537;
$custom-light: #dded7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87147,
    "c": 0.18894,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.68594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E537

secondary

#3E2C94

accent

#34F454

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E537

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

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