#C8E953#C8E953

#C8E953 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.176 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E953
RGB	rgb(200, 233, 83)
HSL	hsl(73, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.57, -30.99, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.57, 73.56, 114.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0903 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.176 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5204, 71.1818, 19.0492)
Luminance	0.7118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E953 #7453E9

analogous

#E9BF53 #C8E953 #7DE953

triadic

#C8E953 #53C8E9 #E953C8

tetradic

#C8E953 #53E9BF #7453E9 #E9537D

square

#C8E953 #53E9BF #7453E9 #E9537D

split-complementary

#C8E953 #537DE9 #BF53E9

monochromatic

#8BAC16 #B7E21D #C8E953 #D9F089 #EBF7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C8E953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#C8E953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E953

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E953	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 233, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.176 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf08a',
    500: '#c8e953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e953;
$custom-light: #dcf08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88224,
    "c": 0.17643,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E953

secondary

#4E33AD

accent

#0CDA39

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E953

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

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