#C8E549#C8E549

#C8E549 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.179 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E549
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -29.75, 69.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 75.43, 113.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0877 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.179 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0423, 68.7993, 16.7873)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E549 #6649E5

analogous

#E5B449 #C8E549 #7AE549

triadic

#C8E549 #49C8E5 #E549C8

tetradic

#C8E549 #49E5B4 #6649E5 #E5497A

square

#C8E549 #49E5B4 #6649E5 #E5497A

split-complementary

#C8E549 #497AE5 #B449E5

monochromatic

#849D16 #B1D31E #C8E549 #D8ED7F #E8F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#C8E549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E549

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E549	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.179 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced84',
    500: '#c8e549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e549;
$custom-light: #dced84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.154,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87261,
    "c": 0.17864,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E549

secondary

#4632A0

accent

#36F259

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E549

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

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