#C8EA42#C8EA42

#C8EA42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.189 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8EA42
RGB	rgb(200, 234, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -32.45, 73.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 79.97, 113.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.0958 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.189 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2266, 71.5185, 16.1009)
Luminance	0.7152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8EA42 #6442EA

analogous

#EAB842 #C8EA42 #74EA42

triadic

#C8EA42 #42C8EA #EA42C8

tetradic

#C8EA42 #42EAB8 #6442EA #EA4274

square

#C8EA42 #42EAB8 #6442EA #EA4274

split-complementary

#C8EA42 #4274EA #B842EA

monochromatic

#83A012 #B0D718 #C8EA42 #D8F079 #E8F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C8EA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#C8EA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8EA42

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8EA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8EA42	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ea42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 234, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.189 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf081',
    500: '#c8ea42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ea42;
$custom-light: #dcf081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ea42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.143,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8832,
    "c": 0.1886,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8EA42

secondary

#452EA2

accent

#31F659

background

#FEFFFB

surface

#FCFEF2

border

#D5D6CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8EA42

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

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