#C8E978#C8E978

#C8E978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.145 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E978
RGB	rgb(200, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(78, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -27.93, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 58.13, 118.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0784 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.145 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3486, 71.9131, 28.6777)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E978 #9978E9

analogous

#E9D278 #C8E978 #90E978

triadic

#C8E978 #78C8E9 #E978C8

tetradic

#C8E978 #78E9D2 #9978E9 #E97890

square

#C8E978 #78E9D2 #9978E9 #E97890

split-complementary

#C8E978 #7890E9 #D278E9

monochromatic

#96C620 #B3E043 #C8E978 #DDF2AD #F3FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C8E978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#C8E978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E978

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E978	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.145 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf0a1',
    500: '#c8e978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e978;
$custom-light: #daf0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.522,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88623,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E978

secondary

#6944C1

accent

#11D44A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E978

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

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