#C5C8BE#C5C8BE

#C5C8BE is a very light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.014 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C8BE
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(78, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(78, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -2.84, 4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 5.44, 121.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0071 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.014 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9730, 56.8966, 56.8966)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C8BE #C1BEC8

analogous

#C8C6BE #C5C8BE #C0C8BE

triadic

#C5C8BE #BEC5C8 #C8BEC5

tetradic

#C5C8BE #BEC8C6 #C1BEC8 #C8BEC0

square

#C5C8BE #BEC8C6 #C1BEC8 #C8BEC0

split-complementary

#C5C8BE #BEC0C8 #C6BEC8

monochromatic

#8A907C #A7AC9D #C5C8BE #E3E4DF #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#C5C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C8BE

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C8BE	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.014 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d8d1',
    500: '#c5c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c8be;
$custom-light: #d6d8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82759,
    "c": 0.0141,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C8BE

secondary

#938F9B

accent

#539266

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C8BE

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

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