#C4BC40#C4BC40

#C4BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC40
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -11.83, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 62.10, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0383 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6752, 48.0739, 11.9334)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC40 #4048C4

analogous

#C47A40 #C4BC40 #8AC440

triadic

#C4BC40 #40C4BC #BC40C4

tetradic

#C4BC40 #40C47A #4048C4 #C4408A

square

#C4BC40 #40C47A #4048C4 #C4408A

split-complementary

#C4BC40 #408AC4 #7A40C4

monochromatic

#696520 #98922F #C4BC40 #D2CC6F #E1DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C4BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC40

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC40	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)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf7c',
    500: '#c4bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc40;
$custom-light: #d9cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC40

secondary

#9396CD

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC40

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

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