#C4BC31#C4BC31

#C4BC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.151 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC31
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -12.56, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 67.52, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0418 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.151 106)
XYZ	xyz(41.3043, 47.9255, 9.9800)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC31 #3139C4

analogous

#C47331 #C4BC31 #82C431

triadic

#C4BC31 #31C4BC #BC31C4

tetradic

#C4BC31 #31C473 #3139C4 #C43182

square

#C4BC31 #31C473 #3139C4 #C43182

split-complementary

#C4BC31 #3182C4 #7331C4

monochromatic

#625E19 #938D25 #C4BC31 #D6D05C #E2DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#C4BC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC31

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC31	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.151 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf74',
    500: '#c4bc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc31;
$custom-light: #dacf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77826,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.47924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC31

secondary

#8488CD

accent

#4DE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC31

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

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