#C8CA97#C8CA97

#C8CA97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.068 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA97
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 151)
HSL	hsl(62, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 25.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -8.94, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 26.85, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0228 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.068 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5258, 56.7554, 37.5654)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA97 #9997CA

analogous

#CAB397 #C8CA97 #AFCA97

triadic

#C8CA97 #97C8CA #CA97C8

tetradic

#C8CA97 #97CAB3 #9997CA #CA97AF

square

#C8CA97 #97CAB3 #9997CA #CA97AF

split-complementary

#C8CA97 #97AFCA #B397CA

monochromatic

#96994E #B3B56E #C8CA97 #DDDFC0 #F3F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C8CA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA97

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA97	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.068 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dab6',
    500: '#c8ca97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca97;
$custom-light: #d9dab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82478,
    "c": 0.06785,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA97

secondary

#69669F

accent

#3AAB3F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA97

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

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