#C4BCAE#C4BCAE

#C4BCAE is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.021 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BCAE
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(38, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 0.39, 8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 8.09, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% 0.0031 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.021 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3874, 50.7588, 47.2846)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BCAE #AEB6C4

analogous

#C4B1AE #C4BCAE #C1C4AE

triadic

#C4BCAE #AEC4BC #BCAEC4

tetradic

#C4BCAE #AEC4B1 #AEB6C4 #C4AEC1

square

#C4BCAE #AEC4B1 #AEB6C4 #C4AEC1

split-complementary

#C4BCAE #AEC1C4 #B1AEC4

monochromatic

#8F8168 #AA9F8B #C4BCAE #DED9D1 #F2F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C4BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C4BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BCAE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BCAE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.021 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0c6',
    500: '#c4bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bcae;
$custom-light: #d6d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79788,
    "c": 0.02136,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BCAE

secondary

#7E8898

accent

#689A4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BCAE

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

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