#C8E560#C8E560

#C8E560 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.161 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E560
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 96)
HSL	hsl(73, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -28.19, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 66.54, 115.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0812 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.161 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9507, 69.1627, 21.5716)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E560 #7D60E5

analogous

#E5BF60 #C8E560 #85E560

triadic

#C8E560 #60C8E5 #E560C8

tetradic

#C8E560 #60E5BF #7D60E5 #E56085

square

#C8E560 #60E5BF #7D60E5 #E56085

split-complementary

#C8E560 #6085E5 #BF60E5

monochromatic

#8EAE1C #B6DC2B #C8E560 #DAEE95 #ECF6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#C8E560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E560

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E560	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)

#F2D951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.161 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbed92',
    500: '#c8e560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e560;
$custom-light: #dbed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.083,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87464,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E560

secondary

#543AAF

accent

#12D43C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E560

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

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