#C6C8AE#C6C8AE

#C6C8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.035 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C8AE
RGB	rgb(198, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(65, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(65, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -5.20, 12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 13.80, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0125 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.035 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5821, 56.3706, 48.1994)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C8AE #B0AEC8

analogous

#C8BDAE #C6C8AE #B9C8AE

triadic

#C6C8AE #AEC6C8 #C8AEC6

tetradic

#C6C8AE #AEC8BD #B0AEC8 #C8AEB9

square

#C6C8AE #AEC8BD #B0AEC8 #C8AEB9

split-complementary

#C6C8AE #AEB9C8 #BDAEC8

monochromatic

#929666 #ACAF8A #C6C8AE #E0E1D2 #F2F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C6C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C6C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C8AE

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C8AE	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.035 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d8c6',
    500: '#c6c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c8ae;
$custom-light: #d7d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8242,
    "c": 0.03541,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C8AE

secondary

#807E9C

accent

#489D4F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C8AE

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

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