#C8E857#C8E857

#C8E857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.172 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E857
RGB	rgb(200, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -30.26, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 71.57, 115.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0878 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.172 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3971, 70.6808, 19.7920)
Luminance	0.7068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E857 #7757E8

analogous

#E8BF57 #C8E857 #80E857

triadic

#C8E857 #57C8E8 #E857C8

tetradic

#C8E857 #57E8BF #7757E8 #E85780

square

#C8E857 #57E8BF #7757E8 #E85780

split-complementary

#C8E857 #5780E8 #BF57E8

monochromatic

#8CAD18 #B6E121 #C8E857 #DAEF8D #EBF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C8E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#C8E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E857

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E857	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.172 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef8d',
    500: '#c8e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e857;
$custom-light: #dcef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.241,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88038,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E857

secondary

#5035AE

accent

#0DD83A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E857

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

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