#C8E640#C8E640

#C8E640 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.185 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E640
RGB	rgb(200, 230, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -30.69, 72.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 78.90, 112.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0911 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.185 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0427, 69.2435, 15.4205)
Luminance	0.6924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E640 #5E40E6

analogous

#E6B140 #C8E640 #75E640

triadic

#C8E640 #40C8E6 #E640C8

tetradic

#C8E640 #40E6B1 #5E40E6 #E64075

square

#C8E640 #40E6B1 #5E40E6 #E64075

split-complementary

#C8E640 #4075E6 #B140E6

monochromatic

#809814 #AECE1B #C8E640 #D8ED76 #E7F4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C8E640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#C8E640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E640

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E640	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)

#F5D91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 230, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.185 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced80',
    500: '#c8e640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e640;
$custom-light: #dced80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.843,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87421,
    "c": 0.18526,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E640

secondary

#422F9B

accent

#34F357

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E640

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

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