#C8E759#C8E759

#C8E759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.170 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E759
RGB	rgb(200, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.07, -29.65, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.07, 70.32, 114.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.086 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.17 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1992, 70.1526, 20.1348)
Luminance	0.7015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E759 #7859E7

analogous

#E7BF59 #C8E759 #81E759

triadic

#C8E759 #59C8E7 #E759C8

tetradic

#C8E759 #59E7BF #7859E7 #E75981

square

#C8E759 #59E7BF #7859E7 #E75981

split-complementary

#C8E759 #5981E7 #BF59E7

monochromatic

#8CAD19 #B6DF24 #C8E759 #DAEF8E #EBF6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C8E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#C8E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E759

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E759	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.170 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8e',
    500: '#c8e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e759;
$custom-light: #dcee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.099,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87836,
    "c": 0.16955,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E759

secondary

#5036AE

accent

#0FD73A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E759

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

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