#C4C8AE#C4C8AE

#C4C8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.036 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C8AE
RGB	rgb(196, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(69, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -5.92, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 13.88, 115.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0147 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.036 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0583, 56.1005, 48.1749)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C8AE #B2AEC8

analogous

#C8BFAE #C4C8AE #B7C8AE

triadic

#C4C8AE #AEC4C8 #C8AEC4

tetradic

#C4C8AE #AEC8BF #B2AEC8 #C8AEB7

square

#C4C8AE #AEC8BF #B2AEC8 #C8AEB7

split-complementary

#C4C8AE #AEB7C8 #BFAEC8

monochromatic

#8E9666 #A9AF8A #C4C8AE #DFE1D2 #F2F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C4C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C4C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C8AE

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C8AE	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.036 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d8c6',
    500: '#c4c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c8ae;
$custom-light: #d6d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82261,
    "c": 0.03567,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C8AE

secondary

#837E9C

accent

#489D55

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C8AE

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

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