#C8C8AA#C8C8AA

#C8C8AA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.041 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C8AA
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -5.10, 15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 15.88, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.012 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.041 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7288, 56.4906, 46.2011)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C8AA #AAAAC8

analogous

#C8B9AA #C8C8AA #B9C8AA

triadic

#C8C8AA #AAC8C8 #C8AAC8

tetradic

#C8C8AA #AAC8B9 #AAAAC8 #C8AAB9

square

#C8C8AA #AAC8B9 #AAAAC8 #C8AAB9

split-complementary

#C8C8AA #AAB9C8 #B9AAC8

monochromatic

#969661 #B0B085 #C8C8AA #E0E0CF #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C8C8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#C8C8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C8AA

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C8AA	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDC4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.041 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d8c3',
    500: '#c8c8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c8aa;
$custom-light: #d8d8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82483,
    "c": 0.04062,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C8AA

secondary

#7A7A9C

accent

#46A046

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C8AA

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

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