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#C4BB9B

#c4bb9b ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c4bb9b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 73.33% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.59% magenta, 20.92% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 46.83°, with 25.79% saturation and 68.82% 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 10.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.83.

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Relative luminance0.4964

Complementary

  1. #c4bb9b
  2. #9ba4c4

Split complementary

  1. #c4bb9b
  2. #9bb8c4
  3. #a69bc4

Analogous

  1. #c4a69b
  2. #c4bb9b
  3. #b8c49b

Triadic

  1. #c4bb9b
  2. #9bc4bb
  3. #bb9bc4

Tetradic

  1. #c4bb9b
  2. #a4c49b
  3. #9ba4c4
  4. #bb9bc4

Square

  1. #c4bb9b
  2. #9bc4a6
  3. #9ba4c4
  4. #c49bb8

Monochromatic

  1. #7d7149
  2. #a89a6b
  3. #c4bb9b
  4. #e0dccb
  5. #f7f6f2

Shades

#c4bb9b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4bb9b
  2. #b0a88c
  3. #9d967c
  4. #89836d
  5. #76705d
  6. #625e4e
  7. #4e4b3e
  8. #3b382f
  9. #27251f
  10. #141310
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4bb9b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4bb9b
  2. #cac2a5
  3. #d0c9af
  4. #d6cfb9
  5. #dcd6c3
  6. #e2ddcd
  7. #e7e4d7
  8. #edebe1
  9. #f3f1eb
  10. #f9f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4bb9b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4bb9b
  2. #bdb598
  3. #b6af96
  4. #b0a993
  5. #a9a390
  6. #a29e8e
  7. #9b988b
  8. #949288
  9. #8e8c85
  10. #878683
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbbaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2b999 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5bc9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cbb6b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ba9a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4bc9c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b8a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4bb9b {
  color: #c4bb9b;
}
Background
.bg-c4bb9b {
  background-color: #c4bb9b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4bb9b {
  border: 2px solid #c4bb9b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4bb9b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 187 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 26% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4bb9b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4bb9b, #b8c49b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4bb9b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 187 155 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.83 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.65 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.05 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 9.60 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 9.62 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 10.12 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.34 #3b4464 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Sage
#c4bb9b  rgb(196, 187, 155)  hsl(47, 26%, 69%)  Sage
#9ba4c4  rgb(155, 164, 196)  hsl(227, 26%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9bc4bb  rgb(155, 196, 187)  hsl(167, 26%, 69%)  Opal
#bb9bc4  rgb(187, 155, 196)  hsl(287, 26%, 69%)  Lilac