#C4C8A8#C4C8A8

#C4C8A8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.044 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C8A8
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(68, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(68, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -6.88, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 17.02, 113.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0171 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.044 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4864, 55.8718, 45.1628)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C8A8 #ACA8C8

analogous

#C8BCA8 #C4C8A8 #B4C8A8

triadic

#C4C8A8 #A8C4C8 #C8A8C4

tetradic

#C4C8A8 #A8C8BC #ACA8C8 #C8A8B4

square

#C4C8A8 #A8C8BC #ACA8C8 #C8A8B4

split-complementary

#C4C8A8 #A8B4C8 #BCA8C8

monochromatic

#90965F #ABB083 #C4C8A8 #DDE0CD #F2F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C4C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C8A8

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C8A8	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.044 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d8c2',
    500: '#c4c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c8a8;
$custom-light: #d6d8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82116,
    "c": 0.04361,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C8A8

secondary

#7C789D

accent

#45A150

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C8A8

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

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