#CCC8A2

sRGB: 204 / 200 / 162

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls echo between distant mountains
Brilliant stars disappear into mist

#CCC8A2 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 200 green and 162 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 54.3° lands in the yellow region. Its 29.2% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 71.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.35:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 200, 162
HSL: 54.29°, 29.17%, 71.76%
HSV / HSB: 54.29°, 20.59%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.96%, 20.59%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.076, 56.755, 42.395
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.041, -4.833, 19.556
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56755
24-bit decimal: 13420706

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CCC8A2 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 12.35:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.70:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A2A6CC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCC8A2 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CCC8A2 #A2A6CC

Analogous

#CCB3A2 and #BBCCA2 sit 30° to either side of #CCC8A2. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CCB3A2 #CCC8A2 #BBCCA2

Triadic

#CCC8A2, #A2CCC8 and #C8A2CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCC8A2 #A2CCC8 #C8A2CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCC8A2 and look across the wheel. #A2BBCC and #B3A2CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCC8A2 #A2BBCC #B3A2CC

Square

Starting with #CCC8A2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A2CCB3, #A2A6CC, then #CCA2BB. Across the square, #CCC8A2 pairs with #A2A6CC, and #A2CCB3 with #CCA2BB.

#CCC8A2 #A2CCB3 #A2A6CC #CCA2BB

Tetradic

#CCC8A2 and #A2A6CC are opposites, as are #A6CCA2 and #C8A2CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCC8A2 #A6CCA2 #A2A6CC #C8A2CC

Tints

Mixing #CCC8A2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D3B5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F4EC, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCC8A2 #D6D3B5 #E0DEC7 #EBE9DA #F5F4EC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCC8A2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A082, keeps 80% of the original. By #292820, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCC8A2 #A3A082 #7A7861 #525041 #292820 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCC8A2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBA9B, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8E87, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCC8A2 #BDBA9B #AEAB94 #9E9D8E #8F8E87 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CCC8A2

RGB

rgb(204 200 162)

HSL

hsl(54.286 29.167% 71.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCC8A2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCC8A2 uses 204 red, 200 green and 162 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 78.4%

Blue 63.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCC8A2 is 0.0% cyan, 2.0% magenta, 20.6% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 2.0%

Yellow 20.6%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCCAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CCA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCC8A2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCCCAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#CCC8A2 #C5C2A9 #BEBDB0 #B7B7B7 #B0B1BE #A9ACC5 #A2A6CC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCC8A2 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CFC5A0

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D1C8A3

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D3C3BE

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CEC6A1

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CFC8A3

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CEC6AD

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C6C6C6

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C9C7B5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.60383 G 0.57758 B 0.36131

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.79724 G 0.78484 B 0.65081

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.59917 G 0.57845 B 0.38111

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.344 y 0.375 Y 56.755

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 20.000 M % 21.569 Y % 36.471

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001100 11001000 10100010