#CCC8AE#CCC8AE

#CCC8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.036 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC8AE
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 14.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -3.01, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 13.85, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0061 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.036 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1955, 57.2025, 48.2750)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC8AE #AEB2CC

analogous

#CCB9AE #CCC8AE #C1CCAE

triadic

#CCC8AE #AECCC8 #C8AECC

tetradic

#CCC8AE #AECCB9 #AEB2CC #CCAEC1

square

#CCC8AE #AECCB9 #AEB2CC #CCAEC1

split-complementary

#CCC8AE #AEC1CC #B9AECC

monochromatic

#9D9563 #B4AF88 #CCC8AE #E4E2D4 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CCC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CCC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC8AE

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC8AE	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.036 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd8c6',
    500: '#ccc8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc8ae;
$custom-light: #dbd8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82905,
    "c": 0.03551,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC8AE

secondary

#7D82A1

accent

#51A144

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC8AE

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

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