Recognised as Colour
#C8C2AF
- #C8C2AF
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Silver
#C8C2AF is a yellow with RGB values 200, 194, 175 and HSL 46°, 19%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.
Colour values
#C8C2AF#C8C2AF
HEX#C8C2AF
RGBrgb(200, 194, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7608, 0.6863
RGB percentages78.4%, 76.1%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(45.6, 18.5%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 12.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 3%, 12.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,157,039
CSS custom property--colour: #C8C2AF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.53958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.79:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#373D50
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AFB5C8
Analogous#C8B5AF, #C2C8AF
Triadic#AFC8C2, #C2AFC8
Split complementary#AFC2C8, #B5AFC8
Tetradic#AFC8B5, #AFB5C8, #C8AFC2
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R200
G194
B175
Red200 (78.4%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue45.6°
Saturation (HSL)18.52%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G C2 · B AF
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