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Candidate

#C5BB8E

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.93:1Fails

Black text

10.25:1AAA

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About Candidate

Candidate (#C5BB8E) is a light muted yellow. Its RGB value is 197, 187, 142 and its HSL value is 49°, 32%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Candidate, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#C5BB8E · #8E98C5

Analogous

#C5A08E · #C5BB8E · #B4C58E

Triadic

#C5BB8E · #8EC5BB · #BB8EC5

Split complementary

#C5BB8E · #8EB4C5 · #9F8EC5

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