#C8C8BD#C8C8BD

#C8C8BD is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.015 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8C8BD
RGB	rgb(200, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -1.96, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 5.84, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0043 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.015 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6577, 57.2622, 56.3602)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8C8BD #BDBDC8

analogous

#C8C3BD #C8C8BD #C3C8BD

triadic

#C8C8BD #BDC8C8 #C8BDC8

tetradic

#C8C8BD #BDC8C3 #BDBDC8 #C8BDC3

square

#C8C8BD #BDC8C3 #BDBDC8 #C8BDC3

split-complementary

#C8C8BD #BDC3C8 #C3BDC8

monochromatic

#90907A #ACAC9C #C8C8BD #E4E4DE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#C8C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8C8BD

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8C8BD	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAC6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.015 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d8d0',
    500: '#c8c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8c8bd;
$custom-light: #d8d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8297,
    "c": 0.01507,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8C8BD

secondary

#8E8E9B

accent

#529352

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8C8BD

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

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