#C9C8BB#C9C8BB

#C9C8BB is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.018 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C8BB
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(56, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -1.95, 6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 6.90, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0041 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.018 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7101, 57.3142, 55.2373)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C8BB #BBBCC9

analogous

#C9C1BB #C9C8BB #C3C9BB

triadic

#C9C8BB #BBC9C8 #C8BBC9

tetradic

#C9C8BB #BBC9C1 #BBBCC9 #C9BBC3

square

#C9C8BB #BBC9C1 #BBBCC9 #C9BBC3

split-complementary

#C9C8BB #BBC3C9 #C1BBC9

monochromatic

#939177 #AEAC99 #C9C8BB #E4E4DD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#C9C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C8BB

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C8BB	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBC6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.018 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d8cf',
    500: '#c9c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c8bb;
$custom-light: #d9d8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82996,
    "c": 0.01782,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C8BB

secondary

#8C8D9D

accent

#559650

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C8BB

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

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