#C4BC3F#C4BC3F

#C4BC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC3F
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -11.89, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 62.49, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0385 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6470, 48.0626, 11.7849)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC3F #3F47C4

analogous

#C4793F #C4BC3F #89C43F

triadic

#C4BC3F #3FC4BC #BC3FC4

tetradic

#C4BC3F #3FC479 #3F47C4 #C43F89

square

#C4BC3F #3FC479 #3F47C4 #C43F89

split-complementary

#C4BC3F #3F89C4 #793FC4

monochromatic

#686420 #97912E #C4BC3F #D2CC6E #E1DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C4BC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC3F

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC3F	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)

#CCB52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf7b',
    500: '#c4bc3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc3f;
$custom-light: #d9cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77923,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC3F

secondary

#9295CD

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC3F

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

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