#C4C4B2#C4C4B2

#C4C4B2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.025 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C4B2
RGB	rgb(196, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -3.17, 9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 9.58, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0072 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.025 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5398, 54.4302, 49.9544)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C4B2 #B2B2C4

analogous

#C4BBB2 #C4C4B2 #BBC4B2

triadic

#C4C4B2 #B2C4C4 #C4B2C4

tetradic

#C4C4B2 #B2C4BB #B2B2C4 #C4B2BB

square

#C4C4B2 #B2C4BB #B2B2C4 #C4B2BB

split-complementary

#C4C4B2 #B2BBC4 #BBB2C4

monochromatic

#8E8E6D #A9A98F #C4C4B2 #DFDFD5 #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C4C4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#C4C4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C4B2

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C4B2	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.025 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d5c9',
    500: '#c4c4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c4b2;
$custom-light: #d5d5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81534,
    "c": 0.02465,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C4B2

secondary

#838398

accent

#4E974E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C4B2

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

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