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Candidate

#C5BC8E

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.92:1Fails

Black text

10.33:1AAA

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About Candidate

Candidate (#C5BC8E) is a light muted yellow. Its RGB value is 197, 188, 142 and its HSL value is 50°, 32%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 (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

#C5BC8E · #8E97C5

Analogous

#C5A18E · #C5BC8E · #B3C58E

Triadic

#C5BC8E · #8EC5BC · #BC8EC5

Split complementary

#C5BC8E · #8EB2C5 · #A18EC5

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