#C4BC45#C4BC45

#C4BC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC45
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -11.54, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 60.10, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0369 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8239, 48.1333, 12.7166)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC45 #454DC4

analogous

#C47C45 #C4BC45 #8DC445

triadic

#C4BC45 #45C4BC #BC45C4

tetradic

#C4BC45 #45C47C #454DC4 #C4458D

square

#C4BC45 #45C47C #454DC4 #C4458D

split-complementary

#C4BC45 #458DC4 #7C45C4

monochromatic

#6C6822 #9B9431 #C4BC45 #D3CD73 #E1DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C4BC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC45

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC45	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf7f',
    500: '#c4bc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc45;
$custom-light: #d9cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77973,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC45

secondary

#979ACE

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC45

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

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