#C8CAA3#C8CAA3

#C8CAA3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.052 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CAA3
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 163)
HSL	hsl(63, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 19%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 19.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -7.21, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 20.60, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0179 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.052 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5504, 57.1652, 42.9615)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CAA3 #A5A3CA

analogous

#CAB9A3 #C8CAA3 #B5CAA3

triadic

#C8CAA3 #A3C8CA #CAA3C8

tetradic

#C8CAA3 #A3CAB9 #A5A3CA #CAA3B5

square

#C8CAA3 #A3CAB9 #A5A3CA #CAA3B5

split-complementary

#C8CAA3 #A3B5CA #B9A3CA

monochromatic

#979A59 #B1B47C #C8CAA3 #DFE0CA #F3F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8CAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#C8CAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CAA3

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CAA3	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8caa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.052 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dabe',
    500: '#c8caa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8caa3;
$custom-light: #d9dabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8caa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 26.897,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82736,
    "c": 0.05248,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CAA3

secondary

#75729F

accent

#40A545

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CAA3

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

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