#C8D997#C8D997

#C8D997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.089 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D997
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(75, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(75, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -16.53, 30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 34.86, 118.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0444 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.089 120)
XYZ	xyz(54.2179, 64.1396, 38.7960)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D997 #A897D9

analogous

#D9C997 #C8D997 #A7D997

triadic

#C8D997 #97C8D9 #D997C8

tetradic

#C8D997 #97D9C9 #A897D9 #D997A7

square

#C8D997 #97D9C9 #A897D9 #D997A7

split-complementary

#C8D997 #97A7D9 #C997D9

monochromatic

#96B442 #B0C96A #C8D997 #E0E9C4 #F3F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C8D997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#C8D997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D997

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D997	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.089 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e4b6',
    500: '#c8d997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d997;
$custom-light: #d9e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.455,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85654,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.64139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D997

secondary

#7864B0

accent

#2CBA50

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D997

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

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