#C8E742#C8E742

#C8E742 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.185 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E742
RGB	rgb(200, 231, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -31.06, 72.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 78.68, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0919 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.185 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3797, 69.8248, 15.8186)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E742 #6142E7

analogous

#E7B442 #C8E742 #75E742

triadic

#C8E742 #42C8E7 #E742C8

tetradic

#C8E742 #42E7B4 #6142E7 #E74275

square

#C8E742 #42E7B4 #6142E7 #E74275

split-complementary

#C8E742 #4275E7 #B442E7

monochromatic

#829B14 #AFD11B #C8E742 #D8EE78 #E8F5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C8E742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#C8E742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E742

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E742	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 231, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.185 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee81',
    500: '#c8e742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e742;
$custom-light: #dcee81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.273,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87655,
    "c": 0.18522,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E742

secondary

#442F9E

accent

#34F458

background

#FEFFFB

surface

#FCFEF2

border

#D5D6CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E742

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

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