#C8CD9F#C8CD9F

#C8CD9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.062 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CD9F
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 159)
HSL	hsl(67, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(67, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -9.34, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 24.27, 112.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0239 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.062 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9084, 58.4456, 41.3407)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CD9F #A49FCD

analogous

#CDBB9F #C8CD9F #B1CD9F

triadic

#C8CD9F #9FC8CD #CD9FC8

tetradic

#C8CD9F #9FCDBB #A49FCD #CD9FB1

square

#C8CD9F #9FCDBB #A49FCD #CD9FB1

split-complementary

#C8CD9F #9FB1CD #BB9FCD

monochromatic

#979F53 #B1B877 #C8CD9F #DFE2C7 #F3F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8CD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#C8CD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CD9F

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CD9F	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4CAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.062 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcbb',
    500: '#c8cd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cd9f;
$custom-light: #d9dcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83275,
    "c": 0.06172,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CD9F

secondary

#746EA2

accent

#3BAA47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141512

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CD9F

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

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