#C8CAAD#C8CAAD

#C8CAAD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.039 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CAAD
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(64, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(64, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -5.67, 14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 15.36, 111.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0137 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.039 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4820, 57.5379, 47.8682)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CAAD #AFADCA

analogous

#CABDAD #C8CAAD #B9CAAD

triadic

#C8CAAD #ADC8CA #CAADC8

tetradic

#C8CAAD #ADCABD #AFADCA #CAADB9

square

#C8CAAD #ADCABD #AFADCA #CAADB9

split-complementary

#C8CAAD #ADB9CA #BDADCA

monochromatic

#969963 #AFB288 #C8CAAD #E1E2D2 #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C8CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#C8CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CAAD

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CAAD	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.039 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dac5',
    500: '#c8caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8caad;
$custom-light: #d8dac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 21.481,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8297,
    "c": 0.03934,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CAAD

secondary

#7F7D9F

accent

#46A04C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CAAD

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

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