#C4BCA8#C4BCA8

#C4BCA8 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.029 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCA8
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(43, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(43, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 14.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -0.59, 11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 11.15, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0006 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.029 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8155, 50.5300, 44.2726)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCA8 #A8B0C4

analogous

#C4AEA8 #C4BCA8 #BEC4A8

triadic

#C4BCA8 #A8C4BC #BCA8C4

tetradic

#C4BCA8 #A8C4AE #A8B0C4 #C4A8BE

square

#C4BCA8 #A8C4AE #A8B0C4 #C4A8BE

split-complementary

#C4BCA8 #A8BEC4 #AEA8C4

monochromatic

#908362 #ABA084 #C4BCA8 #DDD8CC #F3F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C4BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C4BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCA8

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCA8	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.029 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0c1',
    500: '#c4bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bca8;
$custom-light: #d6d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79632,
    "c": 0.02893,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCA8

secondary

#788198

accent

#609E48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCA8

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

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