Information about #C7C8A5 color

#C7C8A5 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C7C8A5 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(199, 200, 165) — 78% red, 78.4% green, 64.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 14 / 22. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #C7C8A5 reads as a calm, restrained yellow and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Thistle Green (#CCCAA8). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Quarter Hillary (#CAC5AC) and Caraway (#C7BFA8).

In RGB terms — rgb(199, 200, 165) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C7C8A5: 12.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C7C8A5 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C7C8A5 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#C7C8A5 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#C7C8A5 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#C7C8A5 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#C7C8A5 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#C7C8A5 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #C7C8A5

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Thistle Green color link
Thistle Green

#CCCAA8

Quarter Hillary color link
Quarter Hillary

#CAC5AC

Caraway color link
Caraway

#C7BFA8

Hitchhiker color link
Hitchhiker

#D0C7A8

Sugar Loaf color link
Sugar Loaf

#CCC2AB

Triple Wheatfield color link
Triple Wheatfield

#D1C6A6

Pale Leaf color link
Pale Leaf

#BDCAA8

Half Akaroa color link
Half Akaroa

#CBC2AD

Half Pavlova color link
Half Pavlova

#CBBFA0

Double Joanna color link
Double Joanna

#C9C5B0

Half Drought color link
Half Drought

#CABDA9

Miso color link
Miso

#D2CCA8

#C7C8A5 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C7C8A5
  • RGB199, 200, 165
  • CMYK0, 0, 14, 22
  • CSSrgb(199, 200, 165)
  • HSL62°, 24%, 72%
  • HSL Precise61.714°, 24.138%, 71.569%
  • HSV62°, 18%, 78%
  • HSB62°, 18%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.780
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.784
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.647
  • GLSLvec3(0.780, 0.784, 0.647)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.780, 0.784, 0.647, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.780, 0.784, 0.647)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB78%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB64.7%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDC7C8A5
  • DECIMAL ID13093029
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers25 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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