#C8D597#C8D597

#C8D597 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.083 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8D597
RGBrgb(200, 213, 151)
HSLhsl(73, 42%, 71%)
HSVhsv(73, 29%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(6.1%, 0%, 29.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(82.97, -14.53, 29.26)
CIE-LCHlch(82.97, 32.67, 116.40°)
OKLaboklab(84.8% -0.0387 0.0733)
OKLCHoklch(84.8% 0.083 117.8)
XYZxyz(53.1993, 62.1025, 38.4565)
Luminance0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8D597 #A497D5
analogous
#D5C397 #C8D597 #A9D597
triadic
#C8D597 #97C8D5 #D597C8
tetradic
#C8D597 #97D5C3 #A497D5 #D597A9
square
#C8D597 #97D5C3 #A497D5 #D597A9
split-complementary
#C8D597 #97A9D5 #C397D5
monochromatic
#97AC46 #B1C36B #C8D597 #DFE7C3 #F3F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56
#C8D597 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42
#C8D597 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D597
13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8D597#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8D5971.001.5613.4213.42
#FFFFFF1.561.0021.0021.00
#00000013.4221.001.001.00
##00000013.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDCE93
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCCF9A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CECEC5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8d597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.083 117.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e1b6',
    500: '#c8d597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8d597;
$custom-light: #d9e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8d597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.581,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84802,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8D597
secondary
#7465AB
accent
#30B64C
background
#FEFEFD
surface
#FBFCF8
border
#D4D5D1
text
#141511
muted
#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D597

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#C8D597 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva