#C8E657#C8E657

#C8E657 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.170 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E657
RGB	rgb(200, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -29.32, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 70.65, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0853 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.17 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8373, 69.5613, 19.6054)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E657 #7557E6

analogous

#E6BC57 #C8E657 #81E657

triadic

#C8E657 #57C8E6 #E657C8

tetradic

#C8E657 #57E6BC #7557E6 #E65781

square

#C8E657 #57E6BC #7557E6 #E65781

split-complementary

#C8E657 #5781E6 #BC57E6

monochromatic

#8BA919 #B7DE22 #C8E657 #D9EE8C #EBF6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C8E657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#C8E657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E657

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E657	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.170 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8c',
    500: '#c8e657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e657;
$custom-light: #dcee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.587,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87597,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E657

secondary

#4F36AB

accent

#0FD639

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E657

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

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