#C8E950#C8E950

#C8E950 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.179 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E950
RGB	rgb(200, 233, 80)
HSL	hsl(73, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -31.19, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 74.68, 114.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0911 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.179 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4071, 71.1365, 18.4523)
Luminance	0.7114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E950 #7150E9

analogous

#E9BE50 #C8E950 #7CE950

triadic

#C8E950 #50C8E9 #E950C8

tetradic

#C8E950 #50E9BE #7150E9 #E9507C

square

#C8E950 #50E9BE #7150E9 #E9507C

split-complementary

#C8E950 #507CE9 #BE50E9

monochromatic

#89A915 #B6E01C #C8E950 #D9F086 #EAF7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C8E950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#C8E950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E950

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E950	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 233, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.179 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf089',
    500: '#c8e950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e950;
$custom-light: #dcf089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.941,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.882,
    "c": 0.17855,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E950

secondary

#4C32AB

accent

#0CDA38

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E950

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

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