#C4BF99#C4BF99

#C4BF99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.052 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF99
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 21.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -4.46, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 20.35, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0101 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.052 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1454, 51.2980, 37.5487)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF99 #999EC4

analogous

#C4A999 #C4BF99 #B3C499

triadic

#C4BF99 #99C4BF #BF99C4

tetradic

#C4BF99 #99C4A9 #999EC4 #C499B3

square

#C4BF99 #99C4A9 #999EC4 #C499B3

split-complementary

#C4BF99 #99B3C4 #A999C4

monochromatic

#908953 #AEA772 #C4BF99 #DAD7C0 #F1F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C4BF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C4BF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF99

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF99	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.052 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2b7',
    500: '#c4bf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf99;
$custom-light: #d6d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 26.708,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79894,
    "c": 0.05161,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF99

secondary

#696E98

accent

#4CA540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF99

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

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