#C8E756#C8E756

#C8E756 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.172 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E756
RGB	rgb(200, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -29.86, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 71.50, 114.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0868 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.172 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0758, 70.1032, 19.4848)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E756 #7556E7

analogous

#E7BE56 #C8E756 #7FE756

triadic

#C8E756 #56C8E7 #E756C8

tetradic

#C8E756 #56E7BE #7556E7 #E7567F

square

#C8E756 #56E7BE #7556E7 #E7567F

split-complementary

#C8E756 #567FE7 #BE56E7

monochromatic

#8BAA18 #B7DF20 #C8E756 #D9EF8C #EBF6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C8E756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#C8E756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E756

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E756	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.172 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8c',
    500: '#c8e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e756;
$custom-light: #dcee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.828,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87809,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E756

secondary

#4F35AC

accent

#0ED739

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E756

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

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