#C8E985#C8E985

#C8E985 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.132 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E985
RGB	rgb(200, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(80, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(80, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -26.54, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 52.21, 120.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0735 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.132 124)
XYZ	xyz(57.1918, 72.2504, 33.1184)
Luminance	0.7225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.80

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E985 #A685E9

analogous

#E9D885 #C8E985 #96E985

triadic

#C8E985 #85C8E9 #E985C8

tetradic

#C8E985 #85E9D8 #A685E9 #E98596

square

#C8E985 #85E9D8 #A685E9 #E98596

split-complementary

#C8E985 #8596E9 #D885E9

monochromatic

#97CE25 #B1E051 #C8E985 #DFF2B9 #F3FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C8E985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#C8E985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E985

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E985	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDD8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFE0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.132 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf0aa',
    500: '#c8e985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e985;
$custom-light: #daf0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88806,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.72251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E985

secondary

#7650C2

accent

#14D153

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#151610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E985

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

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