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Candidate

#C5BE8E

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.89:1Fails

Black text

10.49:1AAA

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About Candidate

Candidate (#C5BE8E) is a light muted yellow. Its RGB value is 197, 190, 142 and its HSL value is 52°, 32%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.49:1 (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

#C5BE8E · #8E95C5

Analogous

#C5A38E · #C5BE8E · #B1C58E

Triadic

#C5BE8E · #8EC5BE · #BE8EC5

Split complementary

#C5BE8E · #8EB1C5 · #A38EC5

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