#C8E565#C8E565

#C8E565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.157 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E565
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(74, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -27.78, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 64.44, 115.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0796 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.157 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1883, 69.2577, 22.8228)
Luminance	0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E565 #8265E5

analogous

#E5C265 #C8E565 #88E565

triadic

#C8E565 #65C8E5 #E565C8

tetradic

#C8E565 #65E5C2 #8265E5 #E56588

square

#C8E565 #65E5C2 #8265E5 #E56588

split-complementary

#C8E565 #6588E5 #C265E5

monochromatic

#90B21E #B5DC31 #C8E565 #DBEE99 #EDF7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C8E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#C8E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E565

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E565	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.157 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbed95',
    500: '#c8e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e565;
$custom-light: #dbed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.594,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87516,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E565

secondary

#573CB2

accent

#12D33E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E565

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

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