#C4BD31#C4BD31

#C4BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.152 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD31
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -13.07, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 67.86, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0432 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.152 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5186, 48.3542, 10.0514)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD31 #3138C4

analogous

#C47331 #C4BD31 #81C431

triadic

#C4BD31 #31C4BD #BD31C4

tetradic

#C4BD31 #31C473 #3138C4 #C43181

square

#C4BD31 #31C473 #3138C4 #C43181

split-complementary

#C4BD31 #3181C4 #7331C4

monochromatic

#625F19 #938E25 #C4BD31 #D6D05C #E2DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C4BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD31

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD31	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.152 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad074',
    500: '#c4bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd31;
$custom-light: #dad074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.15223,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD31

secondary

#8487CD

accent

#4CE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD31

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

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