#C8CD99#C8CD99

#C8CD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.069 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD99
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -10.20, 25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 27.37, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0264 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.069 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4003, 58.2424, 38.6649)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD99 #9E99CD

analogous

#CDB899 #C8CD99 #AECD99

triadic

#C8CD99 #99C8CD #CD99C8

tetradic

#C8CD99 #99CDB8 #9E99CD #CD99AE

square

#C8CD99 #99CDB8 #9E99CD #CD99AE

split-complementary

#C8CD99 #99AECD #B899CD

monochromatic

#969E4D #B2B970 #C8CD99 #DEE1C2 #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C8CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#C8CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD99

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD99	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.069 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcb7',
    500: '#c8cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd99;
$custom-light: #d9dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83149,
    "c": 0.06933,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD99

secondary

#6E68A2

accent

#38AD44

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD99

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

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