#C8CDAE#C8CDAE

#C8CDAE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.042 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CDAE
RGB	rgb(200, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(70, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(70, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -7.06, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 16.47, 115.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0177 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.042 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2899, 58.9982, 48.6166)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CDAE #B3AECD

analogous

#CDC3AE #C8CDAE #B9CDAE

triadic

#C8CDAE #AEC8CD #CDAEC8

tetradic

#C8CDAE #AECDC3 #B3AECD #CDAEB9

square

#C8CDAE #AECDC3 #B3AECD #CDAEB9

split-complementary

#C8CDAE #AEB9CD #C3AECD

monochromatic

#959E62 #AEB688 #C8CDAE #E2E4D4 #F2F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#C8CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CDAE

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CDAE	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2CAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.042 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dcc6',
    500: '#c8cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cdae;
$custom-light: #d8dcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83617,
    "c": 0.04227,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CDAE

secondary

#837DA2

accent

#43A253

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF9

border

#D4D5D2

text

#141513

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CDAE

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

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