#C4BC46#C4BC46

#C4BC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC46
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -11.48, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 59.69, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0366 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8552, 48.1459, 12.8815)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC46 #464EC4

analogous

#C47D46 #C4BC46 #8DC446

triadic

#C4BC46 #46C4BC #BC46C4

tetradic

#C4BC46 #46C47D #464EC4 #C4468D

square

#C4BC46 #46C47D #464EC4 #C4468D

split-complementary

#C4BC46 #468DC4 #7D46C4

monochromatic

#6D6823 #9B9532 #C4BC46 #D3CD74 #E2DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C4BC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC46

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC46	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)

#CCB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf7f',
    500: '#c4bc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc46;
$custom-light: #d9cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77981,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC46

secondary

#979BCE

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC46

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

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