#C4BD33#C4BD33

#C4BD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.151 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD33
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -12.99, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 67.20, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0428 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.151 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5618, 48.3715, 10.2787)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD33 #333AC4

analogous

#C47433 #C4BD33 #83C433

triadic

#C4BD33 #33C4BD #BD33C4

tetradic

#C4BD33 #33C474 #333AC4 #C43383

square

#C4BD33 #33C474 #333AC4 #C43383

split-complementary

#C4BD33 #3383C4 #7433C4

monochromatic

#635F1A #938E26 #C4BD33 #D5D05F #E2DE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C4BD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD33

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD33	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)

#CDB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.151 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad075',
    500: '#c4bd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd33;
$custom-light: #dad075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78054,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD33

secondary

#868ACD

accent

#4DE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD33

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

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