#C8E661#C8E661

#C8E661 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.162 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E661
RGB	rgb(200, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(74, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -28.58, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 66.60, 115.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0822 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.162 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2745, 69.7362, 21.9081)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E661 #7F61E6

analogous

#E6C261 #C8E661 #86E661

triadic

#C8E661 #61C8E6 #E661C8

tetradic

#C8E661 #61E6C2 #7F61E6 #E66186

square

#C8E661 #61E6C2 #7F61E6 #E66186

split-complementary

#C8E661 #6186E6 #C261E6

monochromatic

#8FB11C #B6DE2C #C8E661 #DAEE96 #EDF7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C8E661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#C8E661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E661

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E661	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.162 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbee92',
    500: '#c8e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e661;
$custom-light: #dbee92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.534,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87694,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E661

secondary

#553AB1

accent

#11D53D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E661

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

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