#C4C4AA#C4C4AA

#C4C4AA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.035 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C4AA
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -4.48, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 13.83, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0104 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.035 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7599, 54.1183, 45.8469)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C4AA #AAAAC4

analogous

#C4B7AA #C4C4AA #B7C4AA

triadic

#C4C4AA #AAC4C4 #C4AAC4

tetradic

#C4C4AA #AAC4B7 #AAAAC4 #C4AAB7

square

#C4C4AA #AAC4B7 #AAAAC4 #C4AAB7

split-complementary

#C4C4AA #AAB7C4 #B7AAC4

monochromatic

#909064 #ABAB86 #C4C4AA #DDDDCE #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C4C4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#C4C4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C4AA

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C4AA	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.035 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d5c3',
    500: '#c4c4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c4aa;
$custom-light: #d6d5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81332,
    "c": 0.03543,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C4AA

secondary

#7A7A98

accent

#499C49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C4AA

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

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