#C4BEA8#C4BEA8

#C4BEA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.031 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BEA8
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(47, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 14.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -1.64, 11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 11.98, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0024 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.031 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2457, 51.3904, 44.4160)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BEA8 #A8AEC4

analogous

#C4B0A8 #C4BEA8 #BCC4A8

triadic

#C4BEA8 #A8C4BE #BEA8C4

tetradic

#C4BEA8 #A8C4B0 #A8AEC4 #C4A8BC

square

#C4BEA8 #A8C4B0 #A8AEC4 #C4A8BC

split-complementary

#C4BEA8 #A8BCC4 #B0A8C4

monochromatic

#908662 #ABA384 #C4BEA8 #DDD9CC #F3F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C4BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C4BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BEA8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BEA8	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.031 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d1c1',
    500: '#c4bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bea8;
$custom-light: #d6d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80043,
    "c": 0.03088,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BEA8

secondary

#787F98

accent

#5A9E48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BEA8

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

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