#C8D596#C8D596

#C8D596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.084 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D596
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(72, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(72, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -14.66, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 33.17, 116.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0391 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.084 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1184, 62.0701, 38.0306)
Luminance	0.6207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D596 #A396D5

analogous

#D5C296 #C8D596 #A8D596

triadic

#C8D596 #96C8D5 #D596C8

tetradic

#C8D596 #96D5C2 #A396D5 #D596A8

square

#C8D596 #96D5C2 #A396D5 #D596A8

split-complementary

#C8D596 #96A8D5 #C296D5

monochromatic

#97AC45 #B1C46A #C8D596 #DFE6C2 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C8D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#C8D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D596

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D596	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.084 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e1b5',
    500: '#c8d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d596;
$custom-light: #d9e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.381,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84783,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D596

secondary

#7364AB

accent

#30B64B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D596

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

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