#C4BBAE#C4BBAE

#C4BBAE is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.021 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BBAE
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(35, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(35, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 0.92, 7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 7.77, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0046 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.021 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1745, 50.3330, 47.2136)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BBAE #AEB7C4

analogous

#C4B0AE #C4BBAE #C2C4AE

triadic

#C4BBAE #AEC4BB #BBAEC4

tetradic

#C4BBAE #AEC4B0 #AEB7C4 #C4AEC2

square

#C4BBAE #AEC4B0 #AEB7C4 #C4AEC2

split-complementary

#C4BBAE #AEC2C4 #B0AEC4

monochromatic

#8F7F68 #AA9D8B #C4BBAE #DED9D1 #F2F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C4BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C4BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BBAE

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BBAE	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.021 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cfc6',
    500: '#c4bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bbae;
$custom-light: #d6cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79584,
    "c": 0.0207,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BBAE

secondary

#7E8998

accent

#6C9A4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141313

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BBAE

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

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