#C8CC9D#C8CC9D

#C8CC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.063 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC9D
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 157)
HSL	hsl(65, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(65, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 23%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -9.12, 23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 24.77, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0233 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.063 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4978, 57.8999, 40.3546)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC9D #A19DCC

analogous

#CCB89D #C8CC9D #B0CC9D

triadic

#C8CC9D #9DC8CC #CC9DC8

tetradic

#C8CC9D #9DCCB8 #A19DCC #CC9DB0

square

#C8CC9D #9DCCB8 #A19DCC #CC9DB0

split-complementary

#C8CC9D #9DB0CC #B89DCC

monochromatic

#979D52 #B1B775 #C8CC9D #DFE1C5 #F4F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C8CC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#C8CC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC9D

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC9D	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.063 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dbba',
    500: '#c8cc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc9d;
$custom-light: #d9dbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83023,
    "c": 0.06291,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC9D

secondary

#716CA1

accent

#3BAA45

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC9D

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

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