#C4C0AA#C4C0AA

#C4C0AA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.030 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C0AA
RGB	rgb(196, 192, 170)
HSL	hsl(51, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 13.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -2.38, 11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 11.84, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0045 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.03 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8696, 52.3378, 45.5502)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C0AA #AAAEC4

analogous

#C4B3AA #C4C0AA #BBC4AA

triadic

#C4C0AA #AAC4C0 #C0AAC4

tetradic

#C4C0AA #AAC4B3 #AAAEC4 #C4AABB

square

#C4C0AA #AAC4B3 #AAAEC4 #C4AABB

split-complementary

#C4C0AA #AABBC4 #B3AAC4

monochromatic

#908964 #ABA586 #C4C0AA #DDDBCE #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C4C0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C4C0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C0AA

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C0AA	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 192, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.030 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d3c3',
    500: '#c4c0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c0aa;
$custom-light: #d6d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 18.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80505,
    "c": 0.03044,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C0AA

secondary

#7A7F98

accent

#569C49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C0AA

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

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