#C4BFAE#C4BFAE

#C4BFAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.024 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BFAE
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(46, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -1.20, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 9.28, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0014 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.024 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0350, 52.0538, 47.5004)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BFAE #AEB3C4

analogous

#C4B4AE #C4BFAE #BEC4AE

triadic

#C4BFAE #AEC4BF #BFAEC4

tetradic

#C4BFAE #AEC4B4 #AEB3C4 #C4AEBE

square

#C4BFAE #AEC4B4 #AEB3C4 #C4AEBE

split-complementary

#C4BFAE #AEBEC4 #B4AEC4

monochromatic

#8F8668 #AAA38B #C4BFAE #DEDBD1 #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C4BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C4BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BFAE

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BFAE	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.024 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d2c6',
    500: '#c4bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bfae;
$custom-light: #d6d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80402,
    "c": 0.02403,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BFAE

secondary

#7E8498

accent

#5D9A4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BFAE

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

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