#C8E957#C8E957

#C8E957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.173 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E957
RGB	rgb(200, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -30.72, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 72.04, 115.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0891 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.173 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6793, 71.2454, 19.8861)
Luminance	0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E957 #7857E9

analogous

#E9C157 #C8E957 #7FE957

triadic

#C8E957 #57C8E9 #E957C8

tetradic

#C8E957 #57E9C1 #7857E9 #E9577F

square

#C8E957 #57E9C1 #7857E9 #E9577F

split-complementary

#C8E957 #577FE9 #C157E9

monochromatic

#8CAF17 #B6E221 #C8E957 #DAF08D #EBF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C8E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#C8E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E957

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E957	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.173 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf08d',
    500: '#c8e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e957;
$custom-light: #dcf08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.562,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88259,
    "c": 0.17348,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E957

secondary

#5035AF

accent

#0CD93B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E957

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

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