#C8D899#C8D899

#C8D899 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.085 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D899
RGB	rgb(200, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(75, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(75, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 29.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -15.76, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 33.31, 118.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0421 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.085 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1247, 63.6911, 39.5731)
Luminance	0.6369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D899 #A999D8

analogous

#D8C999 #C8D899 #A9D899

triadic

#C8D899 #99C8D8 #D899C8

tetradic

#C8D899 #99D8C9 #A999D8 #D899A9

square

#C8D899 #99D8C9 #A999D8 #D899A9

split-complementary

#C8D899 #99A9D8 #C999D8

monochromatic

#96B244 #B0C76D #C8D899 #E0E9C5 #F3F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C8D899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#C8D899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D899

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D899	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.085 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e4b7',
    500: '#c8d899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d899;
$custom-light: #d9e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.238,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85479,
    "c": 0.08479,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D899

secondary

#7966AF

accent

#2EB851

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D899

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

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