#C8D979#C8D979

#C8D979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.123 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D979
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(71, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 44.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -20.12, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 49.48, 113.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0563 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.123 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0839, 63.2860, 27.5571)
Luminance	0.6329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D979 #8A79D9

analogous

#D9BA79 #C8D979 #98D979

triadic

#C8D979 #79C8D9 #D979C8

tetradic

#C8D979 #79D9BA #8A79D9 #D97998

square

#C8D979 #79D9BA #8A79D9 #D97998

split-complementary

#C8D979 #7998D9 #BA79D9

monochromatic

#93A830 #B4CB49 #C8D979 #DCE7A9 #EFF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C8D979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#C8D979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D979

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D979	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.123 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae4a1',
    500: '#c8d979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d979;
$custom-light: #dae4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.625,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85153,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D979

secondary

#5C4BAB

accent

#22C33F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D979

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

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