#C8CD98#C8CD98

#C8CD98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.071 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD98
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 152)
HSL	hsl(66, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -10.34, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 27.88, 111.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0268 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.071 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3181, 58.2095, 38.2318)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD98 #9D98CD

analogous

#CDB798 #C8CD98 #AECD98

triadic

#C8CD98 #98C8CD #CD98C8

tetradic

#C8CD98 #98CDB7 #9D98CD #CD98AE

square

#C8CD98 #98CDB7 #9D98CD #CD98AE

split-complementary

#C8CD98 #98AECD #B798CD

monochromatic

#969E4D #B2B96F #C8CD98 #DEE1C1 #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C8CD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#C8CD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD98

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD98	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)

#D5C895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.071 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcb6',
    500: '#c8cd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd98;
$custom-light: #d9dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83129,
    "c": 0.07058,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD98

secondary

#6D67A2

accent

#38AD43

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD98

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

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