#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
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -12.30, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 65.47, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0405 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.148 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4394, 47.9796, 10.6918)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C4BC37	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C4BC37

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

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