#C4BC3C#C4BC3C

#C4BC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.145 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC3C
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -12.05, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 63.64, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0393 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.145 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5654, 48.0300, 11.3553)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC3C #3C44C4

analogous

#C4783C #C4BC3C #88C43C

triadic

#C4BC3C #3CC4BC #BC3CC4

tetradic

#C4BC3C #3CC478 #3C44C4 #C43C88

square

#C4BC3C #3CC478 #3C44C4 #C43C88

split-complementary

#C4BC3C #3C88C4 #783CC4

monochromatic

#67621F #968F2D #C4BC3C #D2CC6B #E0DC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C4BC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC3C

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC3C	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.145 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf7a',
    500: '#c4bc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc3c;
$custom-light: #d9cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.779,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC3C

secondary

#9093CC

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC3C

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

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