#C4BA4E#C4BA4E

#C4BA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BA4E
RGB	rgb(196, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -9.93, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 55.51, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0313 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(41.7005, 47.4051, 14.1598)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BA4E #4E58C4

analogous

#C47F4E #C4BA4E #93C44E

triadic

#C4BA4E #4EC4BA #BA4EC4

tetradic

#C4BA4E #4EC47F #4E58C4 #C44E93

square

#C4BA4E #4EC47F #4E58C4 #C44E93

split-complementary

#C4BA4E #4E93C4 #7F4EC4

monochromatic

#726B26 #A09735 #C4BA4E #D3CC7C #E3DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#C4BA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BA4E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BA4E	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4ba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ce84',
    500: '#c4ba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4ba4e;
$custom-light: #d9ce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4ba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7763,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.47404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BA4E

secondary

#9EA2D0

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BA4E

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

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