#C4BDAE#C4BDAE

#C4BDAE is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.022 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BDAE
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(41, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -0.14, 8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 8.46, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.0016 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.022 86)
XYZ	xyz(48.6018, 51.1875, 47.3560)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BDAE #AEB5C4

analogous

#C4B2AE #C4BDAE #C0C4AE

triadic

#C4BDAE #AEC4BD #BDAEC4

tetradic

#C4BDAE #AEC4B2 #AEB5C4 #C4AEC0

square

#C4BDAE #AEC4B2 #AEB5C4 #C4AEC0

split-complementary

#C4BDAE #AEC0C4 #B2AEC4

monochromatic

#8F8368 #AAA08B #C4BDAE #DEDAD1 #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C4BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BDAE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BDAE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.022 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0c6',
    500: '#c4bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bdae;
$custom-light: #d6d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79992,
    "c": 0.02215,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.51187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BDAE

secondary

#7E8698

accent

#659A4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BDAE

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

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