#C8E651#C8E651

#C8E651 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.174 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E651
RGB	rgb(200, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -29.73, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 72.95, 114.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0869 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.174 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.6023, 69.4673, 18.3677)
Luminance	0.6947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E651 #6F51E6

analogous

#E6BA51 #C8E651 #7DE651

triadic

#C8E651 #51C8E6 #E651C8

tetradic

#C8E651 #51E6BA #6F51E6 #E6517D

square

#C8E651 #51E6BA #6F51E6 #E6517D

split-complementary

#C8E651 #517DE6 #BA51E6

monochromatic

#88A518 #B5DA1F #C8E651 #D9EE87 #EAF5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C8E651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#C8E651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E651

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E651	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.174 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee89',
    500: '#c8e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e651;
$custom-light: #dcee89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.081,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87545,
    "c": 0.17433,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E651

secondary

#4B34A7

accent

#0ED737

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E651

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

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