#c4c99b

Color #c4c99b

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 14.51 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c4c99b

RGB

rgb(196, 201, 155)

HSL

hsl(66.5, 29.9%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.5, 22.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 22.9%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(79.54, -9.36, 22.48)

LCH

lch(79.54, 24.35, 112.61)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.0619, 112.8)

HWB

hwb(66.5, 60.8%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a09bc9

Analogous

#c9b79b

#c4c99b

#adc99b

Triadic

#c4c99b

#9bc4c9

#c99bc4

Split-complementary

#c4c99b

#9badc9

#b79bc9

Tetradic

#c4c99b

#9bc9a0

#a09bc9

#c99bc4

Square

#c4c99b

#9bc9b7

#a09bc9

#c99bad

Shades

Color #c4c99b mixed toward black.

#adb474

#929a53

#6e743e

#494d2a

#252715

Tints

Color #c4c99b mixed toward white.

#ced2ac

#d8dbbc

#e2e4cd

#ebedde

#f5f6ee

Tones

Color #c4c99b mixed toward gray.

#c1c59f

#bec1a3

#bbbea6

#b8baaa

#b5b6ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c6a8 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#c6c6ab · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#c4b1b3 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4c99b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4c99b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c4c99b (#c4c99b) is rgb(196, 201, 155) in RGB.

No, #c4c99b 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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