#C4C4AE#C4C4AE

#C4C4AE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.030 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C4AE
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -3.83, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 11.71, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0088 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.03 107)
XYZ	xyz(50.1440, 54.2719, 47.8701)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C4AE #AEAEC4

analogous

#C4B9AE #C4C4AE #B9C4AE

triadic

#C4C4AE #AEC4C4 #C4AEC4

tetradic

#C4C4AE #AEC4B9 #AEAEC4 #C4AEB9

square

#C4C4AE #AEC4B9 #AEAEC4 #C4AEB9

split-complementary

#C4C4AE #AEB9C4 #B9AEC4

monochromatic

#8F8F68 #AAAA8B #C4C4AE #DEDED1 #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C4C4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C4C4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C4AE

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C4AE	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.030 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d5c6',
    500: '#c4c4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c4ae;
$custom-light: #d6d5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81432,
    "c": 0.03005,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.54272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C4AE

secondary

#7E7E98

accent

#4C9A4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C4AE

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

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