#C8C8AE#C8C8AE

#C8C8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.035 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C8AE
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -4.47, 13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 13.77, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0104 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.035 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1129, 56.6443, 48.2243)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C8AE #AEAEC8

analogous

#C8BBAE #C8C8AE #BBC8AE

triadic

#C8C8AE #AEC8C8 #C8AEC8

tetradic

#C8C8AE #AEC8BB #AEAEC8 #C8AEBB

square

#C8C8AE #AEC8BB #AEAEC8 #C8AEBB

split-complementary

#C8C8AE #AEBBC8 #BBAEC8

monochromatic

#969666 #AFAF8A #C8C8AE #E1E1D2 #F3F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C8C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#C8C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C8AE

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C8AE	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.035 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d8c6',
    500: '#c8c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c8ae;
$custom-light: #d8d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82581,
    "c": 0.0353,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C8AE

secondary

#7E7E9C

accent

#489D48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C8AE

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

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