#C8E987#C8E987

#C8E987 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.129 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8E987
RGB	rgb(200, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(80, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(80, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -26.31, 44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 51.28, 120.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.84% -0.0727 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(88.84% 0.129 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3313, 72.3062, 33.8531)
Luminance	0.7231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8E987 #A887E9

analogous

#E9D987 #C8E987 #97E987

triadic

#C8E987 #87C8E9 #E987C8

tetradic

#C8E987 #87E9D9 #A887E9 #E98797

square

#C8E987 #87E9D9 #A887E9 #E98797

split-complementary

#C8E987 #8797E9 #D987E9

monochromatic

#96D026 #B0E053 #C8E987 #E0F2BB #F3FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C8E987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#C8E987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8E987

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8E987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8E987	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEE0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8e987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.129 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf0ab',
    500: '#c8e987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8e987;
$custom-light: #daf0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8e987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.204,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88836,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8E987

secondary

#7852C3

accent

#15D154

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#151610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8E987

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

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