#C8E559#C8E559

#C8E559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.167 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E559
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -28.71, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 69.39, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0833 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.167 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.6427, 69.0395, 19.9492)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E559 #7659E5

analogous

#E5BC59 #C8E559 #82E559

triadic

#C8E559 #59C8E5 #E559C8

tetradic

#C8E559 #59E5BC #7659E5 #E55982

square

#C8E559 #59E5BC #7659E5 #E55982

split-complementary

#C8E559 #5982E5 #BC59E5

monochromatic

#8CA91A #B6DD24 #C8E559 #DAED8E #EBF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#C8E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E559

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E559	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.167 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbed8d',
    500: '#c8e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e559;
$custom-light: #dbed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87395,
    "c": 0.16715,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E559

secondary

#4F37AB

accent

#10D539

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E559

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

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