#C4BA28#C4BA28

#C4BA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.154 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA28
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 79.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -11.88, 68.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 69.61, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0406 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.154 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7087, 47.0084, 8.9363)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA28 #2832C4

analogous

#C46C28 #C4BA28 #80C428

triadic

#C4BA28 #28C4BA #BA28C4

tetradic

#C4BA28 #28C46C #2832C4 #C42880

square

#C4BA28 #28C46C #2832C4 #C42880

split-complementary

#C4BA28 #2880C4 #6C28C4

monochromatic

#5E5A13 #918A1E #C4BA28 #DBD24E #E5DF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C4BA28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C4BA28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA28

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA28	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.154 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace70',
    500: '#c4ba28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba28;
$custom-light: #dace70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.154,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77348,
    "c": 0.15404,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA28

secondary

#7A7FCE

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA28

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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