#C8CB99#C8CB99

#C8CB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.067 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CB99
RGB	rgb(200, 203, 153)
HSL	hsl(64, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(64, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -9.17, 24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 26.32, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0235 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.067 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9250, 57.2917, 38.5065)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CB99 #9C99CB

analogous

#CBB599 #C8CB99 #AFCB99

triadic

#C8CB99 #99C8CB #CB99C8

tetradic

#C8CB99 #99CBB5 #9C99CB #CB99AF

square

#C8CB99 #99CBB5 #9C99CB #CB99AF

split-complementary

#C8CB99 #99AFCB #B599CB

monochromatic

#969B4F #B2B670 #C8CB99 #DEE0C2 #F4F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8CB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#C8CB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CB99

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CB99	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 203, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.067 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dab7',
    500: '#c8cb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cb99;
$custom-light: #d9dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82729,
    "c": 0.06664,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CB99

secondary

#6C68A0

accent

#3AAB41

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CB99

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

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