#C8CD97#C8CD97

#C8CD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.072 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD97
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(66, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -10.47, 26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 28.40, 111.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0272 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.072 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2365, 58.1769, 37.8023)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD97 #9C97CD

analogous

#CDB797 #C8CD97 #ADCD97

triadic

#C8CD97 #97C8CD #CD97C8

tetradic

#C8CD97 #97CDB7 #9C97CD #CD97AD

square

#C8CD97 #97CDB7 #9C97CD #CD97AD

split-complementary

#C8CD97 #97ADCD #B797CD

monochromatic

#969E4C #B2B96E #C8CD97 #DEE1C0 #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C8CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#C8CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD97

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD97	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.072 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcb6',
    500: '#c8cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd97;
$custom-light: #d9dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.556,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83108,
    "c": 0.07183,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD97

secondary

#6C66A2

accent

#38AE43

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD97

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

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