#C8CD96#C8CD96

#C8CD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.073 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD96
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(65, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -10.61, 26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 28.91, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0276 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.073 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1557, 58.1445, 37.3764)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD96 #9B96CD

analogous

#CDB796 #C8CD96 #ACCD96

triadic

#C8CD96 #96C8CD #CD96C8

tetradic

#C8CD96 #96CDB7 #9B96CD #CD96AC

square

#C8CD96 #96CDB7 #9B96CD #CD96AC

split-complementary

#C8CD96 #96ACCD #B796CD

monochromatic

#969E4B #B2B96D #C8CD96 #DEE1BF #F3F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C8CD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#C8CD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD96

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD96	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.073 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcb5',
    500: '#c8cd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd96;
$custom-light: #d9dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83088,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD96

secondary

#6B65A2

accent

#37AE42

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD96

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

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