#C8CC99#C8CC99

#C8CC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.068 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC99
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 25%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -9.68, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 26.84, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0249 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.068 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1619, 57.7655, 38.5855)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC99 #9D99CC

analogous

#CCB799 #C8CC99 #AECC99

triadic

#C8CC99 #99C8CC #CC99C8

tetradic

#C8CC99 #99CCB7 #9D99CC #CC99AE

square

#C8CC99 #99CCB7 #9D99CC #CC99AE

split-complementary

#C8CC99 #99AECC #B799CC

monochromatic

#969C4E #B2B870 #C8CC99 #DEE0C2 #F4F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C8CC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#C8CC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC99

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC99	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.068 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dbb7',
    500: '#c8cc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc99;
$custom-light: #d9dbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.706,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82939,
    "c": 0.06798,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC99

secondary

#6D68A1

accent

#39AC42

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC99

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

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