#C8C696#C8C696

#C8C696 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.064 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C696
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -7.01, 24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 25.37, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0174 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.064 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5185, 54.8703, 36.8307)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C696 #9698C8

analogous

#C8AD96 #C8C696 #B1C896

triadic

#C8C696 #96C8C6 #C696C8

tetradic

#C8C696 #96C8AD #9698C8 #C896B1

square

#C8C696 #96C8AD #9698C8 #C896B1

split-complementary

#C8C696 #96B1C8 #AD96C8

monochromatic

#95934E #B3B06E #C8C696 #DDDCBE #F2F2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8C696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C8C696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C696

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C696	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.064 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d7b5',
    500: '#c8c696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c696;
$custom-light: #d9d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8162,
    "c": 0.06402,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C696

secondary

#66689D

accent

#40AA3C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C696

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

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