#C4BD2B#C4BD2B

#C4BD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.155 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD2B
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -13.30, 68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 69.73, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0444 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.155 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4003, 48.3069, 9.4284)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD2B #2B32C4

analogous

#C4712B #C4BD2B #7FC42B

triadic

#C4BD2B #2BC4BD #BD2BC4

tetradic

#C4BD2B #2BC471 #2B32C4 #C42B7F

square

#C4BD2B #2BC471 #2B32C4 #C42B7F

split-complementary

#C4BD2B #2B7FC4 #712BC4

monochromatic

#605C15 #928D20 #C4BD2B #D9D353 #E4E085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C4BD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD2B

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD2B	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)

#D1BB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.155 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad071',
    500: '#c4bd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd2b;
$custom-light: #dad071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78008,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD2B

secondary

#7D81CE

accent

#48E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD2B

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

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