#C8D499#C8D499

#C8D499 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.079 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D499
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(72, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(72, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 27.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -13.75, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 31.12, 116.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0365 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.079 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1124, 61.6665, 39.2356)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D499 #A599D4

analogous

#D4C399 #C8D499 #ABD499

triadic

#C8D499 #99C8D4 #D499C8

tetradic

#C8D499 #99D4C3 #A599D4 #D499AB

square

#C8D499 #99D4C3 #A599D4 #D499AB

split-complementary

#C8D499 #99ABD4 #C399D4

monochromatic

#97AB48 #B1C26E #C8D499 #DFE6C4 #F3F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C8D499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#C8D499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D499

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D499	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.079 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e1b7',
    500: '#c8d499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d499;
$custom-light: #d9e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.203,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84629,
    "c": 0.07906,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D499

secondary

#7567AA

accent

#32B44C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D499

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

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