#C2C4AE#C2C4AE

#C2C4AE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.030 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C4AE
RGB	rgb(194, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(65, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(65, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -4.55, 10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 11.74, 112.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0109 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.03 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6271, 54.0054, 47.8459)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C4AE #B0AEC4

analogous

#C4BBAE #C2C4AE #B7C4AE

triadic

#C2C4AE #AEC2C4 #C4AEC2

tetradic

#C2C4AE #AEC4BB #B0AEC4 #C4AEB7

square

#C2C4AE #AEC4BB #B0AEC4 #C4AEB7

split-complementary

#C2C4AE #AEB7C4 #BBAEC4

monochromatic

#8C8F68 #A7AA8B #C2C4AE #DDDED1 #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C2C4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C2C4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C4AE

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C4AE	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.030 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d5c6',
    500: '#c2c4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c4ae;
$custom-light: #d4d5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.03017,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C4AE

secondary

#817E98

accent

#4C9A53

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C4AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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