#C8E596#C8E596

#C8E596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.107 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E596
RGB	rgb(200, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(82, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(82, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, -22.56, 35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 42.02, 122.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0614 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.107 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3432, 70.5197, 39.4389)
Luminance	0.7052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E596 #B396E5

analogous

#E5DA96 #C8E596 #A1E596

triadic

#C8E596 #96C8E5 #E596C8

tetradic

#C8E596 #96E5DA #B396E5 #E596A1

square

#C8E596 #96E5DA #B396E5 #E596A1

split-complementary

#C8E596 #96A1E5 #DA96E5

monochromatic

#95CD34 #AED965 #C8E596 #E2F1C7 #F2F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C8E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#C8E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E596

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E596	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.107 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9edb5',
    500: '#c8e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e596;
$custom-light: #d9edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.025,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88215,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E596

secondary

#8361BF

accent

#1EC85C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E596

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

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