#C8CD9D#C8CD9D

#C8CD9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.064 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD9D
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(66, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(66, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -9.63, 23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 25.30, 112.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0247 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.064 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7362, 58.3768, 40.4341)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD9D #A29DCD

analogous

#CDBA9D #C8CD9D #B0CD9D

triadic

#C8CD9D #9DC8CD #CD9DC8

tetradic

#C8CD9D #9DCDBA #A29DCD #CD9DB0

square

#C8CD9D #9DCDBA #A29DCD #CD9DB0

split-complementary

#C8CD9D #9DB0CD #BA9DCD

monochromatic

#979F51 #B1B874 #C8CD9D #DFE2C6 #F4F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C8CD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#C8CD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD9D

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD9D	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4CA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.064 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcba',
    500: '#c8cd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd9d;
$custom-light: #d9dcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83233,
    "c": 0.06427,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD9D

secondary

#726CA2

accent

#3AAB46

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD9D

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

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