#C4BD36#C4BD36

#C4BD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.149 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD36
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -12.85, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 66.17, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0421 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.149 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6301, 48.3988, 10.6383)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD36 #363DC4

analogous

#C47636 #C4BD36 #84C436

triadic

#C4BD36 #36C4BD #BD36C4

tetradic

#C4BD36 #36C476 #363DC4 #C43684

square

#C4BD36 #36C476 #363DC4 #C43684

split-complementary

#C4BD36 #3684C4 #7636C4

monochromatic

#64601C #948F29 #C4BD36 #D4CE63 #E1DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C4BD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD36

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD36	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.149 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad077',
    500: '#c4bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd36;
$custom-light: #dad077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78073,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD36

secondary

#898DCC

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD36

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

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