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#C4B99F

#c4b99f ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c4b99f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 72.55% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.61% magenta, 18.88% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 42.16°, with 23.87% saturation and 69.61% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 7.04.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4894

Complementary

  1. #c4b99f
  2. #9faac4

Split complementary

  1. #c4b99f
  2. #9fbdc4
  3. #a79fc4

Analogous

  1. #c4a79f
  2. #c4b99f
  3. #bdc49f

Triadic

  1. #c4b99f
  2. #9fc4b9
  3. #b99fc4

Tetradic

  1. #c4b99f
  2. #aac49f
  3. #9faac4
  4. #b99fc4

Square

  1. #c4b99f
  2. #9fc4a7
  3. #9faac4
  4. #c49fbd

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6f4d
  2. #a79670
  3. #c4b99f
  4. #e1dcce
  5. #f7f6f2

Shades

#c4b99f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4b99f
  2. #b0a78f
  3. #9d947f
  4. #89826f
  5. #766f5f
  6. #625d50
  7. #4e4a40
  8. #3b3830
  9. #272520
  10. #141310
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4b99f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4b99f
  2. #cac0a9
  3. #d0c7b2
  4. #d6cebc
  5. #dcd5c5
  6. #e2dccf
  7. #e7e3d9
  8. #edeae2
  9. #f3f1ec
  10. #f9f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4b99f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4b99f
  2. #bdb39c
  3. #b6ae99
  4. #b0a896
  5. #a9a293
  6. #a29d90
  7. #9b978c
  8. #949189
  9. #8e8b86
  10. #878683
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb9b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfb89d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2bba0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cab5b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1b89e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3ba9f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b6ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4b99f {
  color: #c4b99f;
}
Background
.bg-c4b99f {
  background-color: #c4b99f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4b99f {
  border: 2px solid #c4b99f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4b99f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 185 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 24% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4b99f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4b99f, #bdc49f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4b99f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 185 159 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.04 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.16 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 7.42 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 8.83 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 9.49 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 9.91 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 10.85 #3b4660 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Ecru
#c4b99f  rgb(196, 185, 159)  hsl(42, 24%, 70%)  Ecru
#9faac4  rgb(159, 170, 196)  hsl(222, 24%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fc4b9  rgb(159, 196, 185)  hsl(162, 24%, 70%)  Opal
#b99fc4  rgb(185, 159, 196)  hsl(282, 24%, 70%)  Lilac