HEX atlas value

#C8EC65

#C8EC65 is a cool green HEX color nearest Straw. RGB 200, 236, 101, HSL 76° 78% 66%, luminance 0.7321; view contrast and conversions.

green cool vibrant

#C8EC65 Sample readable text

HEX #C8EC65

RGB rgb(200, 236, 101)

HSL hsl(76 78% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(15, 0, 57, 7)

Luminance 0.7321

Contrast Black 15.64:1White 1.34:1

CSS

--color-c8ec65: #C8EC65;
.background-c8ec65 { background-color: #C8EC65; }
.text-c8ec65 { color: #C8EC65; }

HEX meaning and use

About #C8EC65

#C8EC65 is classified as a cool green value with vibrant visual character. #C8EC65 is visually closest to Straw, a named yellow color with HEX #E4D96F.

The RGB channels are 200, 236, and 101, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 76deg with 78% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.7321, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 35.28, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.64:1AA Pass

White text1.34:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #C8EC65 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.64:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.34:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E5F6B6#E5F6B6 · #000000 text · best 18.19:1 #D1FF52#D1FF52 · #000000 text · best 18.14:1 Maize#FBEC5D · #000000 text · best 17.26:1 Naples Yellow#FADA5E · #000000 text · best 15.25:1 Flax#EEDC82 · #000000 text · best 15.2:1

Generated Palette

#C8EC65#C8EC65

#8965EC#8965EC

#ECCC65#ECCC65

#84EC65#84EC65

#E5F6B6#E5F6B6

#A7DA1B#A7DA1B

Color Harmonies

#8965EC#8965EC

#ECCC65#ECCC65

#84EC65#84EC65

#65C8EC#65C8EC

#EC65C8#EC65C8

Variants

#E5F6B6#E5F6B6

#A7DA1B#A7DA1B

#D1FF52#D1FF52

#BFD978#BFD978

#EFF7DA#EFF7DA

#DCFF7A#DCFF7A

Nearest Named Colors

Straw#E4D96F

Flax#EEDC82

Maize#FBEC5D

Naples Yellow#FADA5E

Pear#D1E231

Luminance0.7321

Black text15.64:1AA Pass

White text1.34:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#C8EC65","rgb":[200,236,101],"hsl":[76,78,66],"cmyk":[15,0,57,7],"luminance":0.7321,"contrast":{"black":15.64,"white":1.34}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.64,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.34,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E5F6B6","hex":"#E5F6B6","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.19,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D1FF52","hex":"#D1FF52","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.14,"contrastWhite":1.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Maize","hex":"#FBEC5D","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.26,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Naples Yellow","hex":"#FADA5E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.25,"contrastWhite":1.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Flax","hex":"#EEDC82","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.2,"contrastWhite":1.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","vibrant","vibrant green","Straw adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/c8ec65.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/straw.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/flax.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/maize.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8965EC","analogous":["#ECCC65","#84EC65"],"triadic":["#65C8EC","#EC65C8"],"tetradic":["#65ECCC","#8965EC","#EC6584"],"splitComplementary":["#6584EC","#CC65EC"],"monochromatic":["#E5F6B6","#C8EC65","#A7DA1B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E5F6B6","dark":"#A7DA1B","saturated":"#D1FF52","desaturated":"#BFD978","pastel":"#EFF7DA","neon":"#DCFF7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"straw","name":"Straw","hex":"#E4D96F","distance":35.2845575287547},{"slug":"flax","name":"Flax","hex":"#EEDC82","distance":50.40833264451424},{"slug":"maize","name":"Maize","hex":"#FBEC5D","distance":51.62363799656123},{"slug":"naples-yellow","name":"Naples Yellow","hex":"#FADA5E","distance":53.600373133029585},{"slug":"pear","name":"Pear","hex":"#D1E231","distance":53.71219600798314}]

#C8EC65

CSS

About #C8EC65

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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