#c4ca9c

Color #c4ca9c

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 14.42 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c4ca9c

RGB

rgb(196, 202, 156)

HSL

hsl(67.8, 30.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.8, 22.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 0%, 22.8%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(79.83, -9.73, 22.34)

LCH

lch(79.83, 24.37, 113.54)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.062, 113.79)

HWB

hwb(67.8, 61.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a29cca

Analogous

#cab99c

#c4ca9c

#adca9c

Triadic

#c4ca9c

#9cc4ca

#ca9cc4

Split-complementary

#c4ca9c

#9cadca

#b99cca

Tetradic

#c4ca9c

#9ccaa2

#a29cca

#ca9cc4

Square

#c4ca9c

#9ccab9

#a29cca

#ca9cad

Shades

Color #c4ca9c mixed toward black.

#adb575

#929c53

#6e753e

#494e2a

#252715

Tints

Color #c4ca9c mixed toward white.

#ced3ac

#d8dcbd

#e2e5cd

#ebedde

#f5f6ee

Tones

Color #c4ca9c mixed toward gray.

#c1c6a0

#bec2a4

#bcbfa7

#b9bbab

#b6b7af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7a9 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#c6c6ac · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#c4b2b4 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4ca9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4ca9c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c4ca9c (#c4ca9c) is rgb(196, 202, 156) in RGB.

No, #c4ca9c 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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