#C8E589#C8E589

#C8E589 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.122 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E589
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 137)
HSL	hsl(79, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(79, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 40.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -24.17, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 48.19, 120.10°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0666 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.122 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3539, 70.1240, 34.2285)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E589 #A689E5

analogous

#E5D489 #C8E589 #9AE589

triadic

#C8E589 #89C8E5 #E589C8

tetradic

#C8E589 #89E5D4 #A689E5 #E5899A

square

#C8E589 #89E5D4 #A689E5 #E5899A

split-complementary

#C8E589 #899AE5 #D489E5

monochromatic

#97C82C #B1DA57 #C8E589 #DFF0BB #F3F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C8E589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#C8E589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E589

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E589	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.122 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daedac',
    500: '#c8e589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e589;
$custom-light: #daedac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.913,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87997,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E589

secondary

#7654BE

accent

#1ACC52

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E589

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

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