#C8E851#C8E851

#C8E851 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.177 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E851
RGB	rgb(200, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(73, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -30.66, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 73.86, 114.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0895 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.177 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1620, 70.5868, 18.5543)
Luminance	0.7059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E851 #7151E8

analogous

#E8BD51 #C8E851 #7DE851

triadic

#C8E851 #51C8E8 #E851C8

tetradic

#C8E851 #51E8BD #7151E8 #E8517D

square

#C8E851 #51E8BD #7151E8 #E8517D

split-complementary

#C8E851 #517DE8 #BD51E8

monochromatic

#89A816 #B6DE1D #C8E851 #D9EF87 #EAF6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C8E851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#C8E851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E851

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E851	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.177 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef89',
    500: '#c8e851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e851;
$custom-light: #dcef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.715,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87987,
    "c": 0.17668,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E851

secondary

#4C33AA

accent

#0DD938

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E851

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

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