#C4BD39#C4BD39

#C4BD39 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 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD39
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -12.71, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 65.10, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0414 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.148 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7027, 48.4279, 11.0209)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD39 #3940C4

analogous

#C47739 #C4BD39 #86C439

triadic

#C4BD39 #39C4BD #BD39C4

tetradic

#C4BD39 #39C477 #3940C4 #C43986

square

#C4BD39 #39C477 #3940C4 #C43986

split-complementary

#C4BD39 #3986C4 #7739C4

monochromatic

#65621D #958F2B #C4BD39 #D3CD67 #E1DD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C4BD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C4BD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD39

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD39	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.148 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d078',
    500: '#c4bd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd39;
$custom-light: #d9d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78093,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD39

secondary

#8D90CC

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD39

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

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