#C8C4AE#C8C4AE

#C8C4AE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.030 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C4AE
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -2.38, 11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 11.79, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0045 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.03 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1986, 54.8157, 47.9195)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C4AE #AEB2C8

analogous

#C8B7AE #C8C4AE #BFC8AE

triadic

#C8C4AE #AEC8C4 #C4AEC8

tetradic

#C8C4AE #AEC8B7 #AEB2C8 #C8AEBF

square

#C8C4AE #AEC8B7 #AEB2C8 #C8AEBF

split-complementary

#C8C4AE #AEBFC8 #B7AEC8

monochromatic

#968E66 #AFA98A #C8C4AE #E1DFD2 #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8C4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C8C4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C4AE

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C4AE	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.030 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d5c6',
    500: '#c8c4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c4ae;
$custom-light: #d8d5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81757,
    "c": 0.03033,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C4AE

secondary

#7E839C

accent

#559D48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C4AE

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

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