#C8E557#C8E557

#C8E557 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	#C8E557
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -28.85, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 70.18, 114.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0839 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.169 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5598, 69.0063, 19.5129)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E557 #7457E5

analogous

#E5BB57 #C8E557 #81E557

triadic

#C8E557 #57C8E5 #E557C8

tetradic

#C8E557 #57E5BB #7457E5 #E55781

square

#C8E557 #57E5BB #7457E5 #E55781

split-complementary

#C8E557 #5781E5 #BB57E5

monochromatic

#8BA81A #B7DD22 #C8E557 #D9ED8C #EBF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#C8E557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E557

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E557	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)

#F3D945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.169 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced8c',
    500: '#c8e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e557;
$custom-light: #dced8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.254,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87376,
    "c": 0.1687,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E557

secondary

#4E37AA

accent

#10D538

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E557

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

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