#C8ED59#C8ED59

#C8ED59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.177 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8ED59
RGB	rgb(200, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(75, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -32.44, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 73.13, 116.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0937 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.177 122)
XYZ	xyz(55.9074, 73.5689, 20.7042)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8ED59 #7E59ED

analogous

#EDC859 #C8ED59 #7EED59

triadic

#C8ED59 #59C8ED #ED59C8

tetradic

#C8ED59 #59EDC8 #7E59ED #ED597E

square

#C8ED59 #59EDC8 #7E59ED #ED597E

split-complementary

#C8ED59 #597EED #C859ED

monochromatic

#8FB814 #B6E722 #C8ED59 #DAF390 #EDF9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#C8ED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#C8ED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8ED59

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8ED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8ED59	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2E2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.177 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf38e',
    500: '#c8ed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ed59;
$custom-light: #dcf38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89162,
    "c": 0.17679,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.73569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8ED59

secondary

#5433B7

accent

#09DD3E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8ED59

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

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