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#C4BC97

#c4bc97 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c4bc97 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 73.73% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.08% magenta, 22.96% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 49.33°, with 27.61% saturation and 68.04% 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 10.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4994

Complementary

  1. #c4bc97
  2. #979fc4

Split complementary

  1. #c4bc97
  2. #97b6c4
  3. #a597c4

Analogous

  1. #c4a597
  2. #c4bc97
  3. #b6c497

Triadic

  1. #c4bc97
  2. #97c4bc
  3. #bc97c4

Tetradic

  1. #c4bc97
  2. #9fc497
  3. #979fc4
  4. #bc97c4

Square

  1. #c4bc97
  2. #97c4a5
  3. #979fc4
  4. #c497b6

Monochromatic

  1. #7c7246
  2. #a89d66
  3. #c4bc97
  4. #e0dbc8
  5. #f8f7f2

Shades

#c4bc97 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4bc97
  2. #b0a988
  3. #9d9679
  4. #89846a
  5. #76715b
  6. #625e4c
  7. #4e4b3c
  8. #3b382d
  9. #27261e
  10. #14130f
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4bc97 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4bc97
  2. #cac3a1
  3. #d0c9ac
  4. #d6d0b6
  5. #dcd7c1
  6. #e2decb
  7. #e7e4d5
  8. #edebe0
  9. #f3f2ea
  10. #f9f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4bc97 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4bc97
  2. #bdb695
  3. #b6b092
  4. #b0aa90
  5. #a9a48e
  6. #a29e8c
  7. #9b9889
  8. #949287
  9. #8e8c85
  10. #878682
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbcae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ba95 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6bd98 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cbb6b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4bb96 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5bc98 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b9a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4bc97 {
  color: #c4bc97;
}
Background
.bg-c4bc97 {
  background-color: #c4bc97;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4bc97 {
  border: 2px solid #c4bc97;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4bc97;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 188 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 28% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4bc97 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4bc97, #b6c497);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4bc97 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 188 151 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 3.35 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 4.86 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.51 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.93 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 10.15 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 10.26 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 10.41 #3b4368 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Sage
#c4bc97  rgb(196, 188, 151)  hsl(49, 28%, 68%)  Sage
#979fc4  rgb(151, 159, 196)  hsl(229, 28%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#97c4bc  rgb(151, 196, 188)  hsl(169, 28%, 68%)  Opal
#bc97c4  rgb(188, 151, 196)  hsl(289, 28%, 68%)  Lilac