#C4BD27#C4BD27

#C4BD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.157 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD27
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -13.44, 69.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 70.87, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0451 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.157 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3305, 48.2790, 9.0607)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD27 #272EC4

analogous

#C46E27 #C4BD27 #7CC427

triadic

#C4BD27 #27C4BD #BD27C4

tetradic

#C4BD27 #27C46E #272EC4 #C4277C

square

#C4BD27 #27C46E #272EC4 #C4277C

split-complementary

#C4BD27 #277CC4 #6E27C4

monochromatic

#5E5B13 #918C1D #C4BD27 #DCD54D #E6E180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C4BD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD27

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD27	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.157 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad070',
    500: '#c4bd27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd27;
$custom-light: #dad070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.325,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77989,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD27

secondary

#797CCE

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD27

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

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