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Candidate

#C5BD8E

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.90:1Fails

Black text

10.41:1AAA

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About Candidate

Candidate (#C5BD8E) is a light muted yellow. Its RGB value is 197, 189, 142 and its HSL value is 51°, 32%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.41:1 (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

#C5BD8E · #8E96C5

Analogous

#C5A28E · #C5BD8E · #B2C58E

Triadic

#C5BD8E · #8EC5BD · #BD8EC5

Split complementary

#C5BD8E · #8EB2C5 · #A28EC5

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