#C8E855#C8E855

#C8E855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.174 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E855
RGB	rgb(200, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.31, -30.40, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.31, 72.34, 114.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0884 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.174 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3165, 70.6486, 19.3676)
Luminance	0.7065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E855 #7555E8

analogous

#E8BE55 #C8E855 #7FE855

triadic

#C8E855 #55C8E8 #E855C8

tetradic

#C8E855 #55E8BE #7555E8 #E8557F

square

#C8E855 #55E8BE #7555E8 #E8557F

split-complementary

#C8E855 #557FE8 #BE55E8

monochromatic

#8BAB17 #B7E11F #C8E855 #D9EF8B #EBF7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C8E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#C8E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E855

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E855	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.174 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef8b',
    500: '#c8e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e855;
$custom-light: #dcef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.061,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88021,
    "c": 0.17379,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E855

secondary

#4F35AD

accent

#0DD839

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E855

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

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