#C4BC38#C4BC38

#C4BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.147 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC38
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -12.25, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 65.11, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0402 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.147 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4636, 47.9892, 10.8194)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC38 #3840C4

analogous

#C47638 #C4BC38 #86C438

triadic

#C4BC38 #38C4BC #BC38C4

tetradic

#C4BC38 #38C476 #3840C4 #C43886

square

#C4BC38 #38C476 #3840C4 #C43886

split-complementary

#C4BC38 #3886C4 #7638C4

monochromatic

#65611D #948E2A #C4BC38 #D3CD66 #E1DD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C4BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC38

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC38	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.147 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf77',
    500: '#c4bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc38;
$custom-light: #d9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77871,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC38

secondary

#8C8FCC

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC38

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

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