#C8CA99#C8CA99

#C8CA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.065 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA99
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 24.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -8.66, 24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 25.81, 109.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.022 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.065 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6896, 56.8209, 38.4280)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA99 #9B99CA

analogous

#CAB499 #C8CA99 #B0CA99

triadic

#C8CA99 #99C8CA #CA99C8

tetradic

#C8CA99 #99CAB4 #9B99CA #CA99B0

square

#C8CA99 #99CAB4 #9B99CA #CA99B0

split-complementary

#C8CA99 #99B0CA #B499CA

monochromatic

#969950 #B2B571 #C8CA99 #DEDFC1 #F3F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#C8CA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA99

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA99	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.065 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dab7',
    500: '#c8ca99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca99;
$custom-light: #d9dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 31.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82519,
    "c": 0.06532,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA99

secondary

#6B689F

accent

#3BAA40

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA99

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

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