#C4BC56#C4BC56

#C4BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.124 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC56
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -10.37, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 52.70, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0317 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.124 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4292, 48.3755, 15.9047)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC56 #565EC4

analogous

#C48556 #C4BC56 #95C456

triadic

#C4BC56 #56C4BC #BC56C4

tetradic

#C4BC56 #56C485 #565EC4 #C45695

square

#C4BC56 #56C485 #565EC4 #C45695

split-complementary

#C4BC56 #5695C4 #8556C4

monochromatic

#767129 #A49C39 #C4BC56 #D4CE83 #E4E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C4BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC56

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC56	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.124 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf89',
    500: '#c4bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc56;
$custom-light: #d8cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78143,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC56

secondary

#A4A7D2

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC56

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

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