#C4C2AE#C4C2AE

#C4C2AE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.027 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C2AE
RGB	rgb(196, 194, 174)
HSL	hsl(55, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -2.78, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 10.68, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0059 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.027 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6959, 53.3757, 47.7207)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C2AE #AEB0C4

analogous

#C4B7AE #C4C2AE #BBC4AE

triadic

#C4C2AE #AEC4C2 #C2AEC4

tetradic

#C4C2AE #AEC4B7 #AEB0C4 #C4AEBB

square

#C4C2AE #AEC4B7 #AEB0C4 #C4AEBB

split-complementary

#C4C2AE #AEBBC4 #B7AEC4

monochromatic

#8F8C68 #AAA78B #C4C2AE #DEDDD1 #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C4C2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#C4C2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C2AE

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C2AE	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 194, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.027 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d4c6',
    500: '#c4c2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c2ae;
$custom-light: #d6d4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81019,
    "c": 0.02747,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C2AE

secondary

#7E8198

accent

#539A4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C2AE

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

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