#C4BC8A#C4BC8A

#C4BC8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.067 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC8A
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -4.96, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 26.84, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0118 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.067 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3359, 49.5382, 31.2134)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC8A #8A92C4

analogous

#C49F8A #C4BC8A #AFC48A

triadic

#C4BC8A #8AC4BC #BC8AC4

tetradic

#C4BC8A #8AC49F #8A92C4 #C48AAF

square

#C4BC8A #8AC49F #8A92C4 #C48AAF

split-complementary

#C4BC8A #8AAFC4 #9F8AC4

monochromatic

#8D8347 #AFA561 #C4BC8A #D9D3B3 #EDEBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C4BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC8A

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC8A	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.067 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0ac',
    500: '#c4bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc8a;
$custom-light: #d6d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78952,
    "c": 0.06724,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC8A

secondary

#CBCEDF

accent

#49AC3A

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC8A

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

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