#C8C4B2#C8C4B2

#C8C4B2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.025 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C4B2
RGB	rgb(200, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(49, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -1.72, 9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 9.69, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0029 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.025 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5944, 54.9740, 50.0039)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C4B2 #B2B6C8

analogous

#C8B9B2 #C8C4B2 #C1C8B2

triadic

#C8C4B2 #B2C8C4 #C4B2C8

tetradic

#C8C4B2 #B2C8B9 #B2B6C8 #C8B2C1

square

#C8C4B2 #B2C8B9 #B2B6C8 #C8B2C1

split-complementary

#C8C4B2 #B2C1C8 #B9B2C8

monochromatic

#958D6B #AFA98E #C8C4B2 #E2DFD6 #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8C4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#C8C4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C4B2

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C4B2	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.025 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d5c9',
    500: '#c8c4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c4b2;
$custom-light: #d8d5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81859,
    "c": 0.02502,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C4B2

secondary

#82879C

accent

#599B4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C4B2

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

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