#C8D196#C8D196

#C8D196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.079 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D196
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(69, 39%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 28.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -12.64, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 31.02, 114.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0334 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.079 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1247, 60.0827, 37.6994)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D196 #9F96D1

analogous

#D1BD96 #C8D196 #AAD196

triadic

#C8D196 #96C8D1 #D196C8

tetradic

#C8D196 #96D1BD #9F96D1 #D196AA

square

#C8D196 #96D1BD #9F96D1 #D196AA

split-complementary

#C8D196 #96AAD1 #BD96D1

monochromatic

#96A548 #B2BE6B #C8D196 #DEE4C1 #F4F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#C8D196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D196

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D196	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFCAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.079 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dfb5',
    500: '#c8d196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d196;
$custom-light: #d9dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.153,
    "s": 39.073,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83933,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D196

secondary

#6F64A7

accent

#33B247

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D196

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

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