#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
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 151)
HSL	hsl(73, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(73, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 29.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -14.53, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 32.67, 116.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0387 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.083 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1993, 62.1025, 38.4565)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C8D597	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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