#C8E556#C8E556

#C8E556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.169 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E556
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -28.92, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 70.58, 114.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0842 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.169 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5192, 68.9901, 19.2993)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E556 #7356E5

analogous

#E5BB56 #C8E556 #81E556

triadic

#C8E556 #56C8E5 #E556C8

tetradic

#C8E556 #56E5BB #7356E5 #E55681

square

#C8E556 #56E5BB #7356E5 #E55681

split-complementary

#C8E556 #5681E5 #BB56E5

monochromatic

#8AA71A #B6DC22 #C8E556 #D9ED8B #EBF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#C8E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E556

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E556	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.169 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced8c',
    500: '#c8e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e556;
$custom-light: #dced8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.168,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87367,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E556

secondary

#4E36A9

accent

#10D538

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E556

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

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