#C4BA40#C4BA40

#C4BA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA40
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -10.81, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 61.37, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0354 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2509, 47.2253, 11.7920)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA40 #404AC4

analogous

#C47840 #C4BA40 #8CC440

triadic

#C4BA40 #40C4BA #BA40C4

tetradic

#C4BA40 #40C478 #404AC4 #C4408C

square

#C4BA40 #40C478 #404AC4 #C4408C

split-complementary

#C4BA40 #408CC4 #7840C4

monochromatic

#696420 #98902F #C4BA40 #D2CB6F #E1DC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C4BA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#C4BA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA40

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA40	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce7c',
    500: '#c4ba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba40;
$custom-light: #d9ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77503,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA40

secondary

#9397CD

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA40

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

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