#C8E587#C8E587

#C8E587 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.124 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E587
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 135)
HSL	hsl(79, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(79, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 41%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -24.40, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 49.13, 119.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0674 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.124 123)
XYZ	xyz(56.2118, 70.0671, 33.4799)
Luminance	0.7007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E587 #A487E5

analogous

#E5D387 #C8E587 #99E587

triadic

#C8E587 #87C8E5 #E587C8

tetradic

#C8E587 #87E5D3 #A487E5 #E58799

square

#C8E587 #87E5D3 #A487E5 #E58799

split-complementary

#C8E587 #8799E5 #D387E5

monochromatic

#97C72B #B1DA55 #C8E587 #DFF0B9 #F3FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C8E587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#C8E587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E587

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E587	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.124 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daedab',
    500: '#c8e587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e587;
$custom-light: #daedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.511,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87965,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.70067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E587

secondary

#7453BE

accent

#19CC50

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E587

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

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