#C4BA33#C4BA33

#C4BA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.148 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA33
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -11.45, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 66.17, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0385 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.148 105)
XYZ	xyz(40.9231, 47.0942, 10.0658)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA33 #333DC4

analogous

#C47133 #C4BA33 #85C433

triadic

#C4BA33 #33C4BA #BA33C4

tetradic

#C4BA33 #33C471 #333DC4 #C43385

square

#C4BA33 #33C471 #333DC4 #C43385

split-complementary

#C4BA33 #3385C4 #7133C4

monochromatic

#635E1A #938C26 #C4BA33 #D5CD5F #E2DC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C4BA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#C4BA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA33

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA33	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)

#CBB318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace75',
    500: '#c4ba33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba33;
$custom-light: #dace75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77409,
    "c": 0.14841,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.47093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA33

secondary

#868BCD

accent

#51E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA33

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

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