#C4BD8A#C4BD8A

#C4BD8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.068 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD8A
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -5.48, 26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 27.29, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0133 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.068 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5503, 49.9669, 31.2849)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD8A #8A91C4

analogous

#C4A08A #C4BD8A #AEC48A

triadic

#C4BD8A #8AC4BD #BD8AC4

tetradic

#C4BD8A #8AC4A0 #8A91C4 #C48AAE

square

#C4BD8A #8AC4A0 #8A91C4 #C48AAE

split-complementary

#C4BD8A #8AAEC4 #A08AC4

monochromatic

#8D8447 #AFA661 #C4BD8A #D9D4B3 #EDEBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4BD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C4BD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD8A

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD8A	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.068 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0ac',
    500: '#c4bd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd8a;
$custom-light: #d6d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79161,
    "c": 0.06834,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD8A

secondary

#CBCEDF

accent

#48AC3A

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD8A

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

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