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Forest Sand

#C9C8A6

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.71:1Fails

Black text

11.59:1AAA

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About Forest Sand

Forest Sand (#C9C8A6) is a light muted yellow. Its RGB value is 201, 200, 166 and its HSL value is 58°, 24%, 72%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Forest Sand, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#C9C8A6 · #A6A7C9

Analogous

#C9B7A6 · #C9C8A6 · #B9C9A6

Triadic

#C9C8A6 · #A6C9C8 · #C8A6C9

Split complementary

#C9C8A6 · #A6B9C9 · #B6A6C9

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