#C8CAAE#C8CAAE

#C8CAAE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.038 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CAAE
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 174)
HSL	hsl(64, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(64, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -5.51, 13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 14.83, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0133 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.038 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5791, 57.5767, 48.3797)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CAAE #B0AECA

analogous

#CABEAE #C8CAAE #BACAAE

triadic

#C8CAAE #AEC8CA #CAAEC8

tetradic

#C8CAAE #AECABE #B0AECA #CAAEBA

square

#C8CAAE #AECABE #B0AECA #CAAEBA

split-complementary

#C8CAAE #AEBACA #BEAECA

monochromatic

#969964 #AFB289 #C8CAAE #E1E2D3 #F2F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C8CAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#C8CAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CAAE

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CAAE	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8caae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.038 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dac6',
    500: '#c8caae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8caae;
$custom-light: #d8dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8caae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82994,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CAAE

secondary

#807E9F

accent

#469F4D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CAAE

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

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