#C8D189#C8D189

#C8D189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.094 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D189
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 137)
HSL	hsl(68, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 34.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -14.32, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 37.58, 112.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0387 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.094 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1354, 59.6870, 32.4890)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D189 #9289D1

analogous

#D1B689 #C8D189 #A4D189

triadic

#C8D189 #89C8D1 #D189C8

tetradic

#C8D189 #89D1B6 #9289D1 #D189A4

square

#C8D189 #89D1B6 #9289D1 #D189A4

split-complementary

#C8D189 #89A4D1 #B689D1

monochromatic

#95A13F #B3C05D #C8D189 #DDE2B5 #F1F3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8D189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#C8D189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D189

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D189	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.094 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dfac',
    500: '#c8d189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d189;
$custom-light: #d9dfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83692,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D189

secondary

#6258A6

accent

#2EB740

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D189

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

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