#C4BD3E#C4BD3E

#C4BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD3E
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -12.45, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 63.24, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0402 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8336, 48.4802, 11.7105)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD3E #3E45C4

analogous

#C47A3E #C4BD3E #88C43E

triadic

#C4BD3E #3EC4BD #BD3EC4

tetradic

#C4BD3E #3EC47A #3E45C4 #C43E88

square

#C4BD3E #3EC47A #3E45C4 #C43E88

split-complementary

#C4BD3E #3E88C4 #7A3EC4

monochromatic

#686420 #97912E #C4BD3E #D2CD6D #E1DD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C4BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD3E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD3E	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07b',
    500: '#c4bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd3e;
$custom-light: #d9d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7813,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD3E

secondary

#9194CD

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD3E

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

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