#C8E65E#C8E65E

#C8E65E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.164 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E65E
RGB	rgb(200, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -28.81, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 67.84, 115.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0832 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.164 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1373, 69.6813, 21.1853)
Luminance	0.6968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E65E #7C5EE6

analogous

#E6C05E #C8E65E #84E65E

triadic

#C8E65E #5EC8E6 #E65EC8

tetradic

#C8E65E #5EE6C0 #7C5EE6 #E65E84

square

#C8E65E #5EE6C0 #7C5EE6 #E65E84

split-complementary

#C8E65E #5E84E6 #C05EE6

monochromatic

#8EAF1B #B6DE29 #C8E65E #DAEE93 #ECF6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C8E65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#C8E65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E65E

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E65E	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.164 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbee91',
    500: '#c8e65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e65e;
$custom-light: #dbee91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.235,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87663,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E65E

secondary

#5339B0

accent

#10D53C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E65E

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

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