#C4BC3A#C4BC3A

#C4BC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.146 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4BC3A
RGBrgb(196, 188, 58)
HSLhsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(57, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.83, -12.15, 63.23)
CIE-LCHlch(74.83, 64.38, 100.88°)
OKLaboklab(77.89% -0.0398 0.1405)
OKLCHoklch(77.89% 0.146 105.8)
XYZxyz(41.5135, 48.0092, 11.0821)
Luminance0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4BC3A #3A42C4
analogous
#C4773A #C4BC3A #87C43A
triadic
#C4BC3A #3AC4BC #BC3AC4
tetradic
#C4BC3A #3AC477 #3A42C4 #C43A87
square
#C4BC3A #3AC477 #3A42C4 #C43A87
split-complementary
#C4BC3A #3A87C4 #773AC4
monochromatic
#66611E #958F2C #C4BC3A #D3CC69 #E0DC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#C4BC3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60
#C4BC3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC3A
10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4BC3A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4BC3A1.001.9810.6010.60
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6021.001.001.00
##00000010.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB525
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBB43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2AFA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4bc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.146 105.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf78',
    500: '#c4bc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4bc3a;
$custom-light: #d9cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4bc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77885,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4BC3A
secondary
#8E91CC
accent
#53DE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C4BC3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva