#C4BC35#C4BC35

#C4BC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.149 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC35
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -12.39, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 66.17, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0409 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3925, 47.9608, 10.4445)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC35 #353DC4

analogous

#C47535 #C4BC35 #85C435

triadic

#C4BC35 #35C4BC #BC35C4

tetradic

#C4BC35 #35C475 #353DC4 #C43585

square

#C4BC35 #35C475 #353DC4 #C43585

split-complementary

#C4BC35 #3585C4 #7535C4

monochromatic

#64601B #948E28 #C4BC35 #D4CE62 #E1DD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C4BC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC35

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC35	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf76',
    500: '#c4bc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc35;
$custom-light: #dacf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77851,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC35

secondary

#888CCC

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC35

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

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