#C4BD3C#C4BD3C

#C4BD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.146 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD3C
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -12.56, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 64.00, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0407 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.146 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7798, 48.4587, 11.4268)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD3C #3C43C4

analogous

#C4793C #C4BD3C #87C43C

triadic

#C4BD3C #3CC4BD #BD3CC4

tetradic

#C4BD3C #3CC479 #3C43C4 #C43C87

square

#C4BD3C #3CC479 #3C43C4 #C43C87

split-complementary

#C4BD3C #3C87C4 #793CC4

monochromatic

#67631F #96902D #C4BD3C #D2CD6B #E0DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C4BD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD3C

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD3C	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)

#CDB628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.146 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07a',
    500: '#c4bd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd3c;
$custom-light: #d9d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78115,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD3C

secondary

#9093CC

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD3C

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

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