OrangeLightMuted

Bakelite Yellow

#C8B587

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.02:1Fails

Black text

9.82:1AAA

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About Bakelite Yellow

Bakelite Yellow (#C8B587) is a light muted orange. Its RGB value is 200, 181, 135 and its HSL value is 42°, 37%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.82:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Bakelite Yellow, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Harmonies

Complementary

#C8B587 · #879AC8

Analogous

#C89487 · #C8B587 · #BBC887

Triadic

#C8B587 · #87C8B5 · #B587C8

Split complementary

#C8B587 · #87BBC8 · #9487C8

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