#C8D497#C8D497

#C8D497 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.082 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D497
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 151)
HSL	hsl(72, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(72, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 28.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -14.02, 28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 32.13, 115.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0373 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.082 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9486, 61.6010, 38.3729)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D497 #A397D4

analogous

#D4C197 #C8D497 #A9D497

triadic

#C8D497 #97C8D4 #D497C8

tetradic

#C8D497 #97D4C1 #A397D4 #D497A9

square

#C8D497 #97D4C1 #A397D4 #D497A9

split-complementary

#C8D497 #97A9D4 #C197D4

monochromatic

#97AA46 #B1C26C #C8D497 #DFE6C2 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C8D497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#C8D497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D497

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D497	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.082 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e1b6',
    500: '#c8d497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d497;
$custom-light: #d9e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.803,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84589,
    "c": 0.08151,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D497

secondary

#7365AA

accent

#31B54B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D497

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

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