#C8D59C#C8D59C

#C8D59C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.077 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D59C
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 156)
HSL	hsl(74, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(74, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 26.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -13.84, 26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 30.15, 117.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0366 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.077 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6140, 62.2684, 40.6406)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D59C #A99CD5

analogous

#D5C69C #C8D59C #ACD59C

triadic

#C8D59C #9CC8D5 #D59CC8

tetradic

#C8D59C #9CD5C6 #A99CD5 #D59CAC

square

#C8D59C #9CD5C6 #A99CD5 #D59CAC

split-complementary

#C8D59C #9CACD5 #C69CD5

monochromatic

#96AD49 #B0C371 #C8D59C #E0E7C7 #F3F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C8D59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#C8D59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D59C

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D59C	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.077 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e1b9',
    500: '#c8d59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d59c;
$custom-light: #d9e1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.684,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84901,
    "c": 0.07681,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D59C

secondary

#796AAC

accent

#32B350

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D59C

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

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