#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
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -12.76, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 65.46, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0417 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.148 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6780, 48.4180, 10.8908)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C4BD38	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)

#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

Preview with #C4BD38

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

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