#C4BCA4#C4BCA4

#C4BCA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.034 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCA4
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(45, 21%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 16%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 16.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -1.22, 13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 13.22, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.001 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.034 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4486, 50.3832, 42.3401)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCA4 #A4ACC4

analogous

#C4ACA4 #C4BCA4 #BCC4A4

triadic

#C4BCA4 #A4C4BC #BCA4C4

tetradic

#C4BCA4 #A4C4AC #A4ACC4 #C4A4BC

square

#C4BCA4 #A4C4AC #A4ACC4 #C4A4BC

split-complementary

#C4BCA4 #A4BCC4 #ACA4C4

monochromatic

#90835D #ACA17F #C4BCA4 #DCD7C9 #F3F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C4BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C4BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCA4

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCA4	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.034 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0bf',
    500: '#c4bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bca4;
$custom-light: #d6d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 21.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79532,
    "c": 0.03408,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCA4

secondary

#747D98

accent

#5CA046

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141312

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCA4

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

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