#C8CC9E#C8CC9E

#C8CC9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.062 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CC9E
RGB	rgb(200, 204, 158)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(65, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 22.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -8.98, 22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 24.25, 111.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0229 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.062 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5835, 57.9342, 40.8061)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CC9E #A29ECC

analogous

#CCB99E #C8CC9E #B1CC9E

triadic

#C8CC9E #9EC8CC #CC9EC8

tetradic

#C8CC9E #9ECCB9 #A29ECC #CC9EB1

square

#C8CC9E #9ECCB9 #A29ECC #CC9EB1

split-complementary

#C8CC9E #9EB1CC #B99ECC

monochromatic

#979D53 #B1B776 #C8CC9E #DFE1C6 #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C8CC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#C8CC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CC9E

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CC9E	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 204, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.062 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dbbb',
    500: '#c8cc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cc9e;
$custom-light: #d9dbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 31.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83044,
    "c": 0.06163,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CC9E

secondary

#726DA1

accent

#3CAA45

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CC9E

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

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