#C4BC4D#C4BC4D

#C4BC4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.132 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC4D
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -11.03, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 56.72, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0346 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.132 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0892, 48.2395, 14.1138)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC4D #4D55C4

analogous

#C4804D #C4BC4D #90C44D

triadic

#C4BC4D #4DC4BC #BC4DC4

tetradic

#C4BC4D #4DC480 #4D55C4 #C44D90

square

#C4BC4D #4DC480 #4D55C4 #C44D90

split-complementary

#C4BC4D #4D90C4 #804DC4

monochromatic

#716C25 #9F9835 #C4BC4D #D3CD7B #E2DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C4BC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC4D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC4D	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.132 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf83',
    500: '#c4bc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc4d;
$custom-light: #d9cf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78047,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC4D

secondary

#9DA0D0

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC4D

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

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