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#C8BEA3

#c8bea3 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c8bea3 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 74.51% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 18.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 43.78°, with 25.17% saturation and 71.18% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 6.87.

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Relative luminance0.5175

Complementary

  1. #c8bea3
  2. #a3adc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8bea3
  2. #a3c0c8
  3. #aca3c8

Analogous

  1. #c8aca3
  2. #c8bea3
  3. #c0c8a3

Triadic

  1. #c8bea3
  2. #a3c8be
  3. #bea3c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bea3
  2. #adc8a3
  3. #a3adc8
  4. #bea3c8

Square

  1. #c8bea3
  2. #a3c8ac
  3. #a3adc8
  4. #c8a3c0

Monochromatic

  1. #83754f
  2. #ab9c73
  3. #c8bea3
  4. #e5e0d3
  5. #f7f6f2

Shades

#c8bea3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bea3
  2. #b4ab93
  3. #a09882
  4. #8c8572
  5. #787262
  6. #645f52
  7. #504c41
  8. #3c3931
  9. #282621
  10. #141310
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bea3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bea3
  2. #cec5ac
  3. #d3cbb5
  4. #d9d2bf
  5. #ded8c8
  6. #e4dfd1
  7. #e9e5da
  8. #efece3
  9. #f4f2ed
  10. #faf9f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bea3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bea3
  2. #c1b8a0
  3. #bab29c
  4. #b2ab99
  5. #aba595
  6. #a49f92
  7. #9d998e
  8. #96938b
  9. #8e8c87
  10. #878684
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2beb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4bda1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7c0a4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceb9b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6bda2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7bfa3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ccbbaf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bea3 {
  color: #c8bea3;
}
Background
.bg-c8bea3 {
  background-color: #c8bea3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bea3 {
  border: 2px solid #c8bea3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bea3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 190 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 25% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bea3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bea3, #c0c8a3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bea3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 190 163 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.87 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.25 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 7.88 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 7.94 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 8.30 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 9.87 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 10.14 #37415c Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Sage
#c8bea3  rgb(200, 190, 163)  hsl(44, 25%, 71%)  Sage
#a3adc8  rgb(163, 173, 200)  hsl(224, 25%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a3c8be  rgb(163, 200, 190)  hsl(164, 25%, 71%)  Opal
#bea3c8  rgb(190, 163, 200)  hsl(284, 25%, 71%)  Lilac