#C4C8AA#C4C8AA

#C4C8AA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.041 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C8AA
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(68, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -6.57, 14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 15.98, 114.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0163 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.041 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6741, 55.9469, 46.1517)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C8AA #AEAAC8

analogous

#C8BDAA #C4C8AA #B5C8AA

triadic

#C4C8AA #AAC4C8 #C8AAC4

tetradic

#C4C8AA #AAC8BD #AEAAC8 #C8AAB5

square

#C4C8AA #AAC8BD #AEAAC8 #C8AAB5

split-complementary

#C4C8AA #AAB5C8 #BDAAC8

monochromatic

#8F9661 #AAB085 #C4C8AA #DEE0CF #F2F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4C8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C4C8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C8AA

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C8AA	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.041 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d8c3',
    500: '#c4c8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c8aa;
$custom-light: #d6d8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82164,
    "c": 0.04097,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C8AA

secondary

#7E7A9C

accent

#46A052

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C8AA

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

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