#c4c998

Color #c4c998

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 13.8 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c4c998

RGB

rgb(196, 201, 152)

HSL

hsl(66.1, 31.2%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.1, 24.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 24.4%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(79.49, -9.79, 23.98)

LCH

lch(79.49, 25.9, 112.21)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.0657, 112.55)

HWB

hwb(66.1, 59.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d98c9

Analogous

#c9b598

#c4c998

#abc998

Triadic

#c4c998

#98c4c9

#c998c4

Split-complementary

#c4c998

#98abc9

#b598c9

Tetradic

#c4c998

#98c99d

#9d98c9

#c998c4

Square

#c4c998

#98c9b5

#9d98c9

#c998ab

Shades

Color #c4c998 mixed toward black.

#aeb571

#939a51

#6e743d

#494d28

#252714

Tints

Color #c4c998 mixed toward white.

#ced2a9

#d8dbba

#e1e4cb

#ebeddd

#f5f6ee

Tones

Color #c4c998 mixed toward gray.

#c1c59c

#bdc1a0

#babda4

#b7b9a8

#b4b5ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c6a6 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#c6c6a9 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#c4afb1 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4c998;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4c998]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c4c998 (#c4c998) is rgb(196, 201, 152) in RGB.

No, #c4c998 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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