#C8D197#C8D197

#C8D197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.077 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D197
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 151)
HSL	hsl(69, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(69, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 27.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -12.51, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 30.51, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.033 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.077 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2056, 60.1150, 38.1253)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D197 #A097D1

analogous

#D1BD97 #C8D197 #ABD197

triadic

#C8D197 #97C8D1 #D197C8

tetradic

#C8D197 #97D1BD #A097D1 #D197AB

square

#C8D197 #97D1BD #A097D1 #D197AB

split-complementary

#C8D197 #97ABD1 #BD97D1

monochromatic

#96A549 #B2BE6D #C8D197 #DEE4C1 #F4F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#C8D197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D197

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D197	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)

#D9CB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFCAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.077 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dfb6',
    500: '#c8d197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d197;
$custom-light: #d9dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.31,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83953,
    "c": 0.0773,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D197

secondary

#7065A7

accent

#34B247

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D197

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

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