#C4BA38#C4BA38

#C4BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.145 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA38
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -11.22, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 64.41, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0374 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.145 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0394, 47.1407, 10.6779)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA38 #3842C4

analogous

#C47438 #C4BA38 #88C438

triadic

#C4BA38 #38C4BA #BA38C4

tetradic

#C4BA38 #38C474 #3842C4 #C43888

square

#C4BA38 #38C474 #3842C4 #C43888

split-complementary

#C4BA38 #3888C4 #7438C4

monochromatic

#65601D #948D2A #C4BA38 #D3CB66 #E1DB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#C4BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA38

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA38	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.145 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce77',
    500: '#c4ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba38;
$custom-light: #d9ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77442,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA38

secondary

#8C90CC

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA38

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

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