#CCC8A9#CCC8A9

#CCC8A9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.042 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC8A9
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(53, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 17.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -3.78, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 16.47, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0082 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.042 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7171, 57.0111, 45.7555)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC8A9 #A9ADCC

analogous

#CCB6A9 #CCC8A9 #BECCA9

triadic

#CCC8A9 #A9CCC8 #C8A9CC

tetradic

#CCC8A9 #A9CCB6 #A9ADCC #CCA9BE

square

#CCC8A9 #A9CCB6 #A9ADCC #CCA9BE

split-complementary

#CCC8A9 #A9BECC #B6A9CC

monochromatic

#9D965D #B5AF83 #CCC8A9 #E3E1CF #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CCC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CCC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC8A9

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC8A9	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.042 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd8c2',
    500: '#ccc8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc8a9;
$custom-light: #dbd8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82785,
    "c": 0.04208,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC8A9

secondary

#787DA1

accent

#4DA441

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC8A9

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

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