#C8E550#C8E550

#C8E550 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.174 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E550
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 80)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -29.32, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 72.88, 113.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0859 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.174 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2876, 68.8974, 18.0792)
Luminance	0.6890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E550 #6D50E5

analogous

#E5B750 #C8E550 #7DE550

triadic

#C8E550 #50C8E5 #E550C8

tetradic

#C8E550 #50E5B7 #6D50E5 #E5507D

square

#C8E550 #50E5B7 #6D50E5 #E5507D

split-complementary

#C8E550 #507DE5 #B750E5

monochromatic

#88A218 #B4D820 #C8E550 #D9ED85 #E9F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#C8E550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E550

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E550	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.174 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced88',
    500: '#c8e550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e550;
$custom-light: #dced88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.678,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87316,
    "c": 0.17387,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E550

secondary

#4A34A5

accent

#0FD636

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E550

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

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