#C8D399#C8D399

#C8D399 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.078 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D399
RGB	rgb(200, 211, 153)
HSL	hsl(71, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(71, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 27.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -13.25, 27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 30.57, 115.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.035 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.078 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8632, 61.1681, 39.1526)
Luminance	0.6117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D399 #A499D3

analogous

#D3C199 #C8D399 #ABD399

triadic

#C8D399 #99C8D3 #D399C8

tetradic

#C8D399 #99D3C1 #A499D3 #D399AB

square

#C8D399 #99D3C1 #A499D3 #D399AB

split-complementary

#C8D399 #99ABD3 #C199D3

monochromatic

#97A949 #B1C16E #C8D399 #DFE5C4 #F3F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C8D399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#C8D399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D399

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D399	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 211, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.078 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e0b7',
    500: '#c8d399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d399;
$custom-light: #d9e0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.379,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84417,
    "c": 0.07765,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D399

secondary

#7467A9

accent

#33B34B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D399

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

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