#C8D199#C8D199

#C8D199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.075 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D199
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 38%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(70, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 26.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -12.23, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 29.49, 114.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0322 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.075 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3694, 60.1806, 38.9880)
Luminance	0.6018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D199 #A299D1

analogous

#D1BE99 #C8D199 #ACD199

triadic

#C8D199 #99C8D1 #D199C8

tetradic

#C8D199 #99D1BE #A299D1 #D199AC

square

#C8D199 #99D1BE #A299D1 #D199AC

split-complementary

#C8D199 #99ACD1 #BE99D1

monochromatic

#97A54A #B1BE6F #C8D199 #DFE4C3 #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#C8D199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D199

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D199	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.075 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dfb7',
    500: '#c8d199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d199;
$custom-light: #d9dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.643,
    "s": 37.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83993,
    "c": 0.07484,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D199

secondary

#7267A7

accent

#35B149

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D199

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

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