#C8E899#C8E899

#C8E899 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.108 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E899
RGB	rgb(200, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(84, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(84, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -23.61, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 42.28, 123.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0643 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.108 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.4251, 72.2921, 41.0065)
Luminance	0.7229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E899 #B999E8

analogous

#E8E199 #C8E899 #A0E899

triadic

#C8E899 #99C8E8 #E899C8

tetradic

#C8E899 #99E8E1 #B999E8 #E899A0

square

#C8E899 #99E8E1 #B999E8 #E899A0

split-complementary

#C8E899 #99A0E8 #E199E8

monochromatic

#92D135 #ADDD67 #C8E899 #E3F3CB #F2F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C8E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#C8E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E899

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E899	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.108 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9efb7',
    500: '#c8e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e899;
$custom-light: #d9efb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.304,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88917,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E899

secondary

#8963C3

accent

#1BCB62

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#151611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E899

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

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