#C8E551#C8E551

#C8E551 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.173 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E551
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -29.26, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 72.50, 113.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0856 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.173 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3248, 68.9123, 18.2752)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E551 #6E51E5

analogous

#E5B851 #C8E551 #7EE551

triadic

#C8E551 #51C8E5 #E551C8

tetradic

#C8E551 #51E5B8 #6E51E5 #E5517E

square

#C8E551 #51E5B8 #6E51E5 #E5517E

split-complementary

#C8E551 #517EE5 #B851E5

monochromatic

#88A318 #B4D820 #C8E551 #D9ED86 #EAF5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#C8E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E551

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E551	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)

#F3D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.173 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced89',
    500: '#c8e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e551;
$custom-light: #dced89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.757,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87324,
    "c": 0.17316,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E551

secondary

#4B35A6

accent

#0FD636

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E551

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

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