#C8E859#C8E859

#C8E859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.171 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E859
RGB	rgb(200, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -30.12, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 70.79, 115.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0873 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.171 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4799, 70.7140, 20.2283)
Luminance	0.7071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E859 #7959E8

analogous

#E8C159 #C8E859 #80E859

triadic

#C8E859 #59C8E8 #E859C8

tetradic

#C8E859 #59E8C1 #7959E8 #E85980

square

#C8E859 #59E8C1 #7959E8 #E85980

split-complementary

#C8E859 #5980E8 #C159E8

monochromatic

#8DAE18 #B6E123 #C8E859 #DAEF8F #ECF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C8E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#C8E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E859

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E859	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)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.171 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef8e',
    500: '#c8e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e859;
$custom-light: #dcef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.427,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88056,
    "c": 0.17076,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E859

secondary

#5136AF

accent

#0ED83B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E859

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

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