#C8CDAD#C8CDAD

#C8CDAD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.044 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CDAD
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(69, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(69, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -7.22, 15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 16.99, 115.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0181 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.044 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1928, 58.9594, 48.1051)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CDAD #B2ADCD

analogous

#CDC2AD #C8CDAD #B8CDAD

triadic

#C8CDAD #ADC8CD #CDADC8

tetradic

#C8CDAD #ADCDC2 #B2ADCD #CDADB8

square

#C8CDAD #ADCDC2 #B2ADCD #CDADB8

split-complementary

#C8CDAD #ADB8CD #C2ADCD

monochromatic

#959F61 #AFB687 #C8CDAD #E2E4D3 #F2F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#C8CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CDAD

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CDAD	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2CAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.044 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dcc5',
    500: '#c8cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cdad;
$custom-light: #d8dcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83593,
    "c": 0.04359,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CDAD

secondary

#827CA2

accent

#43A352

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF9

border

#D4D5D2

text

#141513

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CDAD

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

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