#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
RGBrgb(196, 189, 58)
HSLhsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(57, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.6%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.10, -12.66, 63.49)
CIE-LCHlch(75.10, 64.74, 101.28°)
OKLaboklab(78.1% -0.0412 0.141)
OKLCHoklch(78.1% 0.147 106.3)
XYZxyz(41.7279, 48.4379, 11.1536)
Luminance0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C4BD3A1.001.9610.6910.69
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6921.001.001.00
##00000010.6921.001.001.00

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

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#C4BD3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva