#C4BD29#C4BD29

#C4BD29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.156 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD29
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -13.37, 69.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 70.31, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0447 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.156 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3645, 48.2926, 9.2399)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD29 #2930C4

analogous

#C47029 #C4BD29 #7EC429

triadic

#C4BD29 #29C4BD #BD29C4

tetradic

#C4BD29 #29C470 #2930C4 #C4297E

square

#C4BD29 #29C470 #2930C4 #C4297E

split-complementary

#C4BD29 #297EC4 #7029C4

monochromatic

#5F5B14 #918C1E #C4BD29 #DAD450 #E5E082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C4BD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD29

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD29	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)

#D1BB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.156 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad071',
    500: '#c4bd29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd29;
$custom-light: #dad071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.29,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD29

secondary

#7B7FCE

accent

#47E83F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD29

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

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