#C4BC59#C4BC59

#C4BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BC59
RGB	rgb(196, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -10.14, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 51.32, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0307 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.121 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5526, 48.4248, 16.5547)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BC59 #5961C4

analogous

#C48659 #C4BC59 #96C459

triadic

#C4BC59 #59C4BC #BC59C4

tetradic

#C4BC59 #59C486 #5961C4 #C45996

square

#C4BC59 #59C486 #5961C4 #C45996

split-complementary

#C4BC59 #5996C4 #8659C4

monochromatic

#78722B #A59D3B #C4BC59 #D4CE86 #E4E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C4BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BC59

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BC59	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d08b',
    500: '#c4bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bc59;
$custom-light: #d8d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78177,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BC59

secondary

#A6AAD3

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BC59

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

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