#C8E649#C8E649

#C8E649 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.180 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E649
RGB	rgb(200, 230, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -30.21, 69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 75.87, 113.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.089 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.18 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3198, 69.3543, 16.8798)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E649 #6749E6

analogous

#E6B649 #C8E649 #7AE649

triadic

#C8E649 #49C8E6 #E649C8

tetradic

#C8E649 #49E6B6 #6749E6 #E6497A

square

#C8E649 #49E6B6 #6749E6 #E6497A

split-complementary

#C8E649 #497AE6 #B649E6

monochromatic

#859F16 #B2D51D #C8E649 #D8ED7F #E9F5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C8E649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#C8E649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E649

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E649	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 230, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.180 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced85',
    500: '#c8e649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e649;
$custom-light: #dced85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.465,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87482,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E649

secondary

#4732A2

accent

#35F259

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E649

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

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