#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
RGBrgb(196, 188, 89)
HSLhsl(56, 48%, 56%)
HSVhsv(56, 55%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.09, -10.14, 50.31)
CIE-LCHlch(75.09, 51.32, 101.39°)
OKLaboklab(78.18% -0.0307 0.1175)
OKLCHoklch(78.18% 0.121 104.6)
XYZxyz(42.5526, 48.4248, 16.5547)
Luminance0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4BC591.001.9710.6810.68
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6821.001.001.00
##00000010.6821.001.001.00

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

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#C4BC59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva