#C8E555#C8E555

#C8E555 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.170 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E555
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -28.99, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 70.97, 114.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0845 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.17 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4792, 68.9741, 19.0886)
Luminance	0.6897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E555 #7255E5

analogous

#E5BA55 #C8E555 #80E555

triadic

#C8E555 #55C8E5 #E555C8

tetradic

#C8E555 #55E5BA #7255E5 #E55580

square

#C8E555 #55E5BA #7255E5 #E55580

split-complementary

#C8E555 #5580E5 #BA55E5

monochromatic

#8AA619 #B6DB22 #C8E555 #D9ED8A #EAF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#C8E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E555

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E555	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)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.170 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced8b',
    500: '#c8e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e555;
$custom-light: #dced8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87358,
    "c": 0.17022,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E555

secondary

#4D36A8

accent

#10D638

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E555

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

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