#c8c5b8

Color #c8c5b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.21 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c8c5b8

RGB

rgb(200, 197, 184)

HSL

hsl(48.8, 12.7%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.8, 8%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 8%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(79.43, -1.25, 6.89)

LCH

lch(79.43, 7, 100.28)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.0181, 96.03)

HWB

hwb(48.8, 72.2%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8bbc8

Analogous

#c8bdb8

#c8c5b8

#c3c8b8

Triadic

#c8c5b8

#b8c8c5

#c5b8c8

Split-complementary

#c8c5b8

#b8c3c8

#bdb8c8

Tetradic

#c8c5b8

#bbc8b8

#b8bbc8

#c5b8c8

Square

#c8c5b8

#b8c8bd

#b8bbc8

#c8b8c3

Shades

Color #c8c5b8 mixed toward black.

#aca894

#908a70

#6c6854

#484538

#24231c

Tints

Color #c8c5b8 mixed toward white.

#d1cfc4

#dad8d0

#e4e2dc

#edece7

#f6f5f3

Tones

Color #c8c5b8 mixed toward gray.

#c7c4b9

#c5c3bb

#c4c3bc

#c3c2bd

#c1c1bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7bb · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#c7c7bc · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#c8bebe · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8c5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8c5b8]

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Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

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Goldenrod #daa520

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Frequently asked questions

#c8c5b8 (#c8c5b8) is rgb(200, 197, 184) in RGB.

No, #c8c5b8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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