#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
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -12.15, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 64.38, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0398 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.146 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5135, 48.0092, 11.0821)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C4BC3A	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)

#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

Preview with #C4BC3A

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

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