#C4B6AE#C4B6AE

#C4B6AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.020 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B6AE
RGB	rgb(196, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(22, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(22, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, 3.60, 5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 6.87, 58.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0121 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.02 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1322, 48.2484, 46.8662)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B6AE #AEBCC4

analogous

#C4AEB1 #C4B6AE #C4C1AE

triadic

#C4B6AE #AEC4B6 #B6AEC4

tetradic

#C4B6AE #B1C4AE #AEBCC4 #C1AEC4

square

#C4B6AE #B1C4AE #AEBCC4 #C1AEC4

split-complementary

#C4B6AE #AEC4C1 #AEB1C4

monochromatic

#8F7668 #AA968B #C4B6AE #DED6D1 #F2EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4B6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C4B6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B6AE

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B6AE	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.020 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cbc6',
    500: '#c4b6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b6ae;
$custom-light: #d6cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7857,
    "c": 0.01959,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B6AE

secondary

#E3E6E8

accent

#7D9A4C

background

#FDFCFC

surface

#FAF8F8

border

#D3D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#838282

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B6AE

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

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