#C8CE99#C8CE99

#C8CE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.071 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CE99
RGB	rgb(200, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(67, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -10.71, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 27.89, 112.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0278 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.071 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6403, 58.7223, 38.7449)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CE99 #9F99CE

analogous

#CEB999 #C8CE99 #AECE99

triadic

#C8CE99 #99C8CE #CE99C8

tetradic

#C8CE99 #99CEB9 #9F99CE #CE99AE

square

#C8CE99 #99CEB9 #9F99CE #CE99AE

split-complementary

#C8CE99 #99AECE #B999CE

monochromatic

#96A04D #B2BA70 #C8CE99 #DEE2C2 #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#C8CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CE99

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CE99	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.071 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dcb7',
    500: '#c8ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ce99;
$custom-light: #d9dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.792,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8336,
    "c": 0.07068,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CE99

secondary

#6F68A3

accent

#38AE45

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CE99

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

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