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Hex #c8af5f

#c8af5f is a great light yellow shade for your next project. Scroll down for #c8af5f color information, color shades and color usage information.



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#c8af5f Conversion table

Category

yellow (light yellow)

HEX

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 RGB

R 200   G 175   B 95   copy to clipboard

 HSL

H 45.71   S 0.49   L 0.58

 CMYK

C 0%   M 10%   Y 41%   K 22%
Usage of yellow The color #c8af5f is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ...

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#c8af5f Conversion and Usage

Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.

#c8af5f to RGB conversion

Red200
200% RED
Green175
175% GREEN
Blue95
95% BLUE

CSS code: color: rgb(200, 175, 95); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(200, 175, 95); // for css background-color

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#c8af5f to CMYK conversion

Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
0 % 9.8 % 41.18 % 21.57 %

#c8af5f to HSL conversion

Hue Saturation Lightness
45.714 0.49 0.58

CSS code: color: hsl(45.7, 49%, 58%);

HSL is supported in all major browsers!

Usage of #c8af5f

Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.

Usage for Text: not recommended (low contrast)
Usage for headings: not recommended (low contrast)
Usage as fill color: recommended
Usage for buttons: watch out for enough contrast

As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #c8af5f

Color Examples: This is a yellow Heading in #c8af5f

This shows how text with the hex-color #c8af5f would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!

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