#C4BD3D#C4BD3D

#C4BD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.145 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD3D
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -12.51, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 63.62, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0405 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.145 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8065, 48.4694, 11.5673)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD3D #3D44C4

analogous

#C4793D #C4BD3D #87C43D

triadic

#C4BD3D #3DC4BD #BD3DC4

tetradic

#C4BD3D #3DC479 #3D44C4 #C43D87

square

#C4BD3D #3DC479 #3D44C4 #C43D87

split-complementary

#C4BD3D #3D87C4 #793DC4

monochromatic

#67631F #96912E #C4BD3D #D2CD6C #E1DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C4BD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD3D

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD3D	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)

#CDB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.145 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07a',
    500: '#c4bd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd3d;
$custom-light: #d9d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78122,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD3D

secondary

#9093CD

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD3D

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

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