#C4BA31#C4BA31

#C4BA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.150 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA31
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -11.54, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 66.84, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0389 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.15 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8800, 47.0769, 9.8385)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA31 #313BC4

analogous

#C47031 #C4BA31 #85C431

triadic

#C4BA31 #31C4BA #BA31C4

tetradic

#C4BA31 #31C470 #313BC4 #C43185

square

#C4BA31 #31C470 #313BC4 #C43185

split-complementary

#C4BA31 #3185C4 #7031C4

monochromatic

#625D19 #938C25 #C4BA31 #D6CE5C #E2DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C4BA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#C4BA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA31

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA31	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.150 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace74',
    500: '#c4ba31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba31;
$custom-light: #dace74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.918,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77397,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA31

secondary

#8489CD

accent

#4FE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA31

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

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