#C4BC37#C4BC37

#C4BC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.148 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4BC37
RGBrgb(196, 188, 55)
HSLhsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(57, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.81, -12.30, 64.30)
CIE-LCHlch(74.81, 65.47, 100.82°)
OKLaboklab(77.86% -0.0405 0.1422)
OKLCHoklch(77.86% 0.148 105.9)
XYZxyz(41.4394, 47.9796, 10.6918)
Luminance0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4BC37 #373FC4
analogous
#C47637 #C4BC37 #86C437
triadic
#C4BC37 #37C4BC #BC37C4
tetradic
#C4BC37 #37C476 #373FC4 #C43786
square
#C4BC37 #37C476 #373FC4 #C43786
split-complementary
#C4BC37 #3786C4 #7637C4
monochromatic
#64601C #948E2A #C4BC37 #D4CD65 #E1DD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#C4BC37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60
#C4BC37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC37
10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4BC37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4BC371.001.9810.6010.60
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6021.001.001.00
##00000010.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB51F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBB41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2AFA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4bc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.148 105.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf77',
    500: '#c4bc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4bc37;
$custom-light: #dacf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4bc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77864,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4BC37
secondary
#8B8ECC
accent
#51DF48
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C4BC37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva