#C8E562#C8E562

#C8E562 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.160 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E562
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 98)
HSL	hsl(73, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.60, -28.03, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.60, 65.71, 115.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0806 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.16 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0440, 69.2000, 22.0627)
Luminance	0.6920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E562 #7F62E5

analogous

#E5C062 #C8E562 #87E562

triadic

#C8E562 #62C8E5 #E562C8

tetradic

#C8E562 #62E5C0 #7F62E5 #E56287

square

#C8E562 #62E5C0 #7F62E5 #E56287

split-complementary

#C8E562 #6287E5 #C062E5

monochromatic

#8FB01D #B6DC2D #C8E562 #DAEE97 #EDF6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C8E562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#C8E562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E562

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E562	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.160 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbed93',
    500: '#c8e562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e562;
$custom-light: #dbed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.282,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87484,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E562

secondary

#553BB1

accent

#12D43D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E562

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

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