#C4BD3A#C4BD3A

#C4BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.147 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD3A
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -12.66, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 64.74, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0412 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.147 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7279, 48.4379, 11.1536)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD3A #3A41C4

analogous

#C4783A #C4BD3A #86C43A

triadic

#C4BD3A #3AC4BD #BD3AC4

tetradic

#C4BD3A #3AC478 #3A41C4 #C43A86

square

#C4BD3A #3AC478 #3A41C4 #C43A86

split-complementary

#C4BD3A #3A86C4 #783AC4

monochromatic

#66621E #958F2C #C4BD3A #D3CD69 #E0DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C4BD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD3A

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD3A	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	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)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.147 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d079',
    500: '#c4bd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd3a;
$custom-light: #d9d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.781,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD3A

secondary

#8E91CC

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD3A

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

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