#C8E55A#C8E55A

#C8E55A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.166 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E55A
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -28.64, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 68.99, 114.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.083 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.166 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.6849, 69.0564, 20.1719)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E55A #775AE5

analogous

#E5BD5A #C8E55A #82E55A

triadic

#C8E55A #5AC8E5 #E55AC8

tetradic

#C8E55A #5AE5BD #775AE5 #E55A82

square

#C8E55A #5AE5BD #775AE5 #E55A82

split-complementary

#C8E55A #5A82E5 #BD5AE5

monochromatic

#8CAA1B #B6DD25 #C8E55A #DAED8F #EBF6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#C8E55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E55A

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E55A	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)

#F2D94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.166 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbed8e',
    500: '#c8e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e55a;
$custom-light: #dbed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.518,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87404,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E55A

secondary

#5038AB

accent

#11D53A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E55A

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

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