#C8E979#C8E979

#C8E979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.144 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E979
RGB	rgb(200, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(78, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -27.82, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 57.68, 118.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.078 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.144 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4096, 71.9375, 28.9990)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E979 #9A79E9

analogous

#E9D279 #C8E979 #90E979

triadic

#C8E979 #79C8E9 #E979C8

tetradic

#C8E979 #79E9D2 #9A79E9 #E97990

square

#C8E979 #79E9D2 #9A79E9 #E97990

split-complementary

#C8E979 #7990E9 #D279E9

monochromatic

#96C721 #B2E044 #C8E979 #DEF2AE #F3FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C8E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#C8E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E979

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E979	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.144 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf0a2',
    500: '#c8e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e979;
$custom-light: #daf0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.679,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88636,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E979

secondary

#6A45C1

accent

#12D44B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E979

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

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