#C8E553#C8E553

#C8E553 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.172 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E553
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 83)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -29.13, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 71.74, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0851 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.172 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4009, 68.9428, 18.6760)
Luminance	0.6894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E553 #7053E5

analogous

#E5B953 #C8E553 #7FE553

triadic

#C8E553 #53C8E5 #E553C8

tetradic

#C8E553 #53E5B9 #7053E5 #E5537F

square

#C8E553 #53E5B9 #7053E5 #E5537F

split-complementary

#C8E553 #537FE5 #B953E5

monochromatic

#89A519 #B5DA21 #C8E553 #D9ED88 #EAF5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#C8E553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E553

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E553	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.172 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced8a',
    500: '#c8e553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e553;
$custom-light: #dced8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.918,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87341,
    "c": 0.17171,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E553

secondary

#4C35A7

accent

#10D637

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E553

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

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