#C4BD38#C4BD38

#C4BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.148 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4BD38
RGBrgb(196, 189, 56)
HSLhsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.09, -12.76, 64.21)
CIE-LCHlch(75.09, 65.46, 101.24°)
OKLaboklab(78.09% -0.0417 0.1422)
OKLCHoklch(78.09% 0.148 106.3)
XYZxyz(41.6780, 48.4180, 10.8908)
Luminance0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4BD38 #383FC4
analogous
#C47738 #C4BD38 #85C438
triadic
#C4BD38 #38C4BD #BD38C4
tetradic
#C4BD38 #38C477 #383FC4 #C43885
square
#C4BD38 #38C477 #383FC4 #C43885
split-complementary
#C4BD38 #3885C4 #7738C4
monochromatic
#65611D #948F2A #C4BD38 #D3CE66 #E1DD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#C4BD38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68
#C4BD38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD38
10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4BD38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4BD381.001.9710.6810.68
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6821.001.001.00
##00000010.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB621
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BB41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2B0A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.148 106.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d078',
    500: '#c4bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4bd38;
$custom-light: #d9d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78086,
    "c": 0.14818,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4BD38
secondary
#8C8FCC
accent
#50DF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C4BD38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva