#C4BC4E#C4BC4E

#C4BC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC4E
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -10.96, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 56.28, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0342 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1248, 48.2537, 14.3012)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC4E #4E56C4

analogous

#C4814E #C4BC4E #91C44E

triadic

#C4BC4E #4EC4BC #BC4EC4

tetradic

#C4BC4E #4EC481 #4E56C4 #C44E91

square

#C4BC4E #4EC481 #4E56C4 #C44E91

split-complementary

#C4BC4E #4E91C4 #814EC4

monochromatic

#726D26 #A09835 #C4BC4E #D3CD7C #E3DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C4BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC4E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC4E	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)

#CBB642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf84',
    500: '#c4bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc4e;
$custom-light: #d9cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC4E

secondary

#9EA1D0

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC4E

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

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