#C4BC2A#C4BC2A

#C4BC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.155 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC2A
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -12.83, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 69.69, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0431 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.155 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1679, 47.8709, 9.2615)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC2A #2A32C4

analogous

#C46F2A #C4BC2A #7FC42A

triadic

#C4BC2A #2AC4BC #BC2AC4

tetradic

#C4BC2A #2AC46F #2A32C4 #C42A7F

square

#C4BC2A #2AC46F #2A32C4 #C42A7F

split-complementary

#C4BC2A #2A7FC4 #6F2AC4

monochromatic

#5F5B14 #928C1F #C4BC2A #DAD351 #E5E084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C4BC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C4BC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC2A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC2A	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)

#D0BA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.155 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf71',
    500: '#c4bc2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc2a;
$custom-light: #dacf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77788,
    "c": 0.15487,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC2A

secondary

#7C80CE

accent

#49E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC2A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →