#C4BD3F#C4BD3F

#C4BD3F 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	#C4BD3F
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -12.40, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 62.86, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.04 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8613, 48.4913, 11.8563)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD3F #3F46C4

analogous

#C47A3F #C4BD3F #88C43F

triadic

#C4BD3F #3FC4BD #BD3FC4

tetradic

#C4BD3F #3FC47A #3F46C4 #C43F88

square

#C4BD3F #3FC47A #3F46C4 #C43F88

split-complementary

#C4BD3F #3F88C4 #7A3FC4

monochromatic

#686520 #97922E #C4BD3F #D2CD6E #E1DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C4BD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD3F

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD3F	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)

#CDB62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07b',
    500: '#c4bd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd3f;
$custom-light: #d9d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78137,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD3F

secondary

#9295CD

accent

#53DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD3F

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

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