#C4BC27#C4BC27

#C4BC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.156 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC27
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -12.93, 69.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 70.54, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0437 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.156 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1162, 47.8503, 8.9893)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC27 #272FC4

analogous

#C46D27 #C4BC27 #7DC427

triadic

#C4BC27 #27C4BC #BC27C4

tetradic

#C4BC27 #27C46D #272FC4 #C4277D

square

#C4BC27 #27C46D #272FC4 #C4277D

split-complementary

#C4BC27 #277DC4 #6D27C4

monochromatic

#5E5A13 #918B1D #C4BC27 #DCD44D #E6E080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C4BC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C4BC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC27

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC27	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.156 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf70',
    500: '#c4bc27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc27;
$custom-light: #dacf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.943,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77773,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC27

secondary

#797DCE

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC27

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

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