#C8CC79#C8CC79

#C8CC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.106 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC79
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -13.65, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 43.05, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0378 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.106 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8641, 56.8464, 26.4838)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC79 #7D79CC

analogous

#CCA679 #C8CC79 #9ECC79

triadic

#C8CC79 #79C8CC #CC79C8

tetradic

#C8CC79 #79CCA6 #7D79CC #CC799E

square

#C8CC79 #79CCA6 #7D79CC #CC799E

split-complementary

#C8CC79 #799ECC #A679CC

monochromatic

#8E9338 #B6BB4D #C8CC79 #DADDA5 #ECEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8CC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#C8CC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC79

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC79	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.106 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadba1',
    500: '#c8cc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc79;
$custom-light: #dadba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.892,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82361,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC79

secondary

#545099

accent

#2DB834

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC79

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

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