#C8D996#C8D996

#C8D996 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.090 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D996
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(75, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(75, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 30.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -16.66, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 35.36, 118.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.0448 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.09 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1370, 64.1072, 38.3702)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D996 #A796D9

analogous

#D9C996 #C8D996 #A7D996

triadic

#C8D996 #96C8D9 #D996C8

tetradic

#C8D996 #96D9C9 #A796D9 #D996A7

square

#C8D996 #96D9C9 #A796D9 #D996A7

split-complementary

#C8D996 #96A7D9 #C996D9

monochromatic

#97B441 #B0C969 #C8D996 #E0E9C3 #F3F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C8D996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#C8D996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D996

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D996	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.090 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e4b5',
    500: '#c8d996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d996;
$custom-light: #d9e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.224,
    "s": 46.853,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85636,
    "c": 0.08983,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D996

secondary

#7763B0

accent

#2BBA50

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D996

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

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