#C8D697#C8D697

#C8D697 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.084 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D697
RGB	rgb(200, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(73, 43%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(73, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 29.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -15.03, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 33.21, 116.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0401 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.084 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4516, 62.6071, 38.5406)
Luminance	0.6261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D697 #A597D6

analogous

#D6C597 #C8D697 #A9D697

triadic

#C8D697 #97C8D6 #D697C8

tetradic

#C8D697 #97D6C5 #A597D6 #D697A9

square

#C8D697 #97D6C5 #A597D6 #D697A9

split-complementary

#C8D697 #97A9D6 #C597D6

monochromatic

#97AE45 #B1C56B #C8D697 #DFE7C3 #F3F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C8D697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#C8D697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D697

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D697	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CECFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.084 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e2b6',
    500: '#c8d697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d697;
$custom-light: #d9e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 43.448,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85015,
    "c": 0.08434,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D697

secondary

#7565AD

accent

#2FB74D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D697

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

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