#C4BD40#C4BD40

#C4BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.143 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD40
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -12.34, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 62.47, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0397 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.143 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8895, 48.5026, 12.0049)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD40 #4047C4

analogous

#C47B40 #C4BD40 #89C440

triadic

#C4BD40 #40C4BD #BD40C4

tetradic

#C4BD40 #40C47B #4047C4 #C44089

square

#C4BD40 #40C47B #4047C4 #C44089

split-complementary

#C4BD40 #4089C4 #7B40C4

monochromatic

#696520 #98922F #C4BD40 #D2CD6F #E1DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C4BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD40

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD40	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)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.143 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07c',
    500: '#c4bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd40;
$custom-light: #d9d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD40

secondary

#9396CD

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD40

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

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