#C4BEA0#C4BEA0

#C4BEA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.041 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BEA0
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 160)
HSL	hsl(50, 23%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 18%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 18.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -2.89, 15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 16.19, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0057 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.041 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5233, 51.1014, 40.6109)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BEA0 #A0A6C4

analogous

#C4ACA0 #C4BEA0 #B8C4A0

triadic

#C4BEA0 #A0C4BE #BEA0C4

tetradic

#C4BEA0 #A0C4AC #A0A6C4 #C4A0B8

square

#C4BEA0 #A0C4AC #A0A6C4 #C4A0B8

split-complementary

#C4BEA0 #A0B8C4 #ACA0C4

monochromatic

#908759 #ADA47A #C4BEA0 #DBD8C6 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4BEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C4BEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BEA0

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BEA0	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.041 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1bc',
    500: '#c4bea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bea0;
$custom-light: #d6d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 23.377,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79848,
    "c": 0.04137,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BEA0

secondary

#707798

accent

#53A244

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BEA0

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

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