#C8E659#C8E659

#C8E659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.168 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E659
RGB	rgb(200, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -29.18, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 69.86, 114.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0847 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.168 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9201, 69.5944, 20.0417)
Luminance	0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E659 #7759E6

analogous

#E6BE59 #C8E659 #81E659

triadic

#C8E659 #59C8E6 #E659C8

tetradic

#C8E659 #59E6BE #7759E6 #E65981

square

#C8E659 #59E6BE #7759E6 #E65981

split-complementary

#C8E659 #5981E6 #BE59E6

monochromatic

#8CAB1A #B6DE24 #C8E659 #DAEE8E #EBF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C8E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#C8E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E659

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E659	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.168 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8e',
    500: '#c8e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e659;
$custom-light: #dcee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.766,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87615,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E659

secondary

#5037AC

accent

#10D63A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E659

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

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