#C8C6BC#C8C6BC

#C8C6BC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C6BC
RGB	rgb(200, 198, 188)
HSL	hsl(50, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -1.08, 5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 5.36, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0018 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0894, 56.2986, 55.6371)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C6BC #BCBEC8

analogous

#C8C0BC #C8C6BC #C4C8BC

triadic

#C8C6BC #BCC8C6 #C6BCC8

tetradic

#C8C6BC #BCC8C0 #BCBEC8 #C8BCC4

square

#C8C6BC #BCC8C0 #BCBEC8 #C8BCC4

split-complementary

#C8C6BC #BCC4C8 #C0BCC8

monochromatic

#918D79 #ACA99A #C8C6BC #E4E3DE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8C6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#C8C6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C6BC

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C6BC	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 198, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d7d0',
    500: '#c8c6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c6bc;
$custom-light: #d8d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 9.836,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82534,
    "c": 0.01391,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C6BC

secondary

#8D8F9B

accent

#5D9452

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C6BC

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

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