#C8E55E#C8E55E

#C8E55E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.163 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E55E
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(73, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -28.34, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 67.37, 114.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0818 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.163 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8598, 69.1263, 21.0928)
Luminance	0.6913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E55E #7B5EE5

analogous

#E5BE5E #C8E55E #84E55E

triadic

#C8E55E #5EC8E5 #E55EC8

tetradic

#C8E55E #5EE5BE #7B5EE5 #E55E84

square

#C8E55E #5EE5BE #7B5EE5 #E55E84

split-complementary

#C8E55E #5E84E5 #BE5EE5

monochromatic

#8EAD1C #B6DC29 #C8E55E #DAEE93 #ECF6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#C8E55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E55E

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E55E	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.163 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbed91',
    500: '#c8e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e55e;
$custom-light: #dbed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.889,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87443,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E55E

secondary

#5239AE

accent

#11D43B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E55E

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

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