#C4BC49#C4BC49

#C4BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.135 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC49
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -11.29, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 58.43, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0358 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.135 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9523, 48.1847, 13.3927)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC49 #4951C4

analogous

#C47F49 #C4BC49 #8EC449

triadic

#C4BC49 #49C4BC #BC49C4

tetradic

#C4BC49 #49C47F #4951C4 #C4498E

square

#C4BC49 #49C47F #4951C4 #C4498E

split-complementary

#C4BC49 #498EC4 #7F49C4

monochromatic

#6F6A24 #9D9633 #C4BC49 #D3CD77 #E2DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C4BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC49

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC49	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.135 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf81',
    500: '#c4bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc49;
$custom-light: #d9cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78009,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC49

secondary

#9A9DCF

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC49

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

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