#C8CAB8#C8CAB8

#C8CAB8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.025 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CAB8
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 184)
HSL	hsl(67, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(67, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -3.87, 8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 9.57, 113.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0093 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.025 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5905, 57.9813, 53.7064)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CAB8 #BAB8CA

analogous

#CAC3B8 #C8CAB8 #BFCAB8

triadic

#C8CAB8 #B8C8CA #CAB8C8

tetradic

#C8CAB8 #B8CAC3 #BAB8CA #CAB8BF

square

#C8CAB8 #B8CAC3 #BAB8CA #CAB8BF

split-complementary

#C8CAB8 #B8BFCA #C3B8CA

monochromatic

#929672 #ADB095 #C8CAB8 #E3E4DB #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C8CAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#C8CAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CAB8

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CAB8	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC8B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.025 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dacd',
    500: '#c8cab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cab8;
$custom-light: #d8dacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83247,
    "c": 0.02464,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CAB8

secondary

#8B889E

accent

#4D9955

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CAB8

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

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