#C4BEA4#C4BEA4

#C4BEA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.036 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BEA4
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(49, 21%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 16%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 16.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -2.28, 13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 14.09, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.004 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.036 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8788, 51.2436, 42.4835)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BEA4 #A4AAC4

analogous

#C4AEA4 #C4BEA4 #BAC4A4

triadic

#C4BEA4 #A4C4BE #BEA4C4

tetradic

#C4BEA4 #A4C4AE #A4AAC4 #C4A4BA

square

#C4BEA4 #A4C4AE #A4AAC4 #C4A4BA

split-complementary

#C4BEA4 #A4BAC4 #AEA4C4

monochromatic

#90875D #ACA37F #C4BEA4 #DCD9C9 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4BEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C4BEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BEA4

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BEA4	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BCA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.036 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1bf',
    500: '#c4bea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bea4;
$custom-light: #d6d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 21.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79944,
    "c": 0.03613,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BEA4

secondary

#747B98

accent

#57A046

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BEA4

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

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