#C8E962#C8E962

#C8E962 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.165 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E962
RGB	rgb(200, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(75, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(75, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -29.90, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 67.63, 116.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0858 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.165 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1635, 71.4390, 22.4359)
Luminance	0.7144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E962 #8362E9

analogous

#E9C762 #C8E962 #84E962

triadic

#C8E962 #62C8E9 #E962C8

tetradic

#C8E962 #62E9C7 #8362E9 #E96284

square

#C8E962 #62E9C7 #8362E9 #E96284

split-complementary

#C8E962 #6284E9 #C762E9

monochromatic

#91B71A #B5E12C #C8E962 #DBF198 #EEF8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C8E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#C8E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E962

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E962	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.165 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbf093',
    500: '#c8e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e962;
$custom-light: #dbf093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.667,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88365,
    "c": 0.16474,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E962

secondary

#5738B7

accent

#0ED83F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E962

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

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