#C4BD42#C4BD42

#C4BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.142 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD42
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -12.23, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 61.68, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0392 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.142 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9475, 48.5258, 12.3100)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD42 #4249C4

analogous

#C47C42 #C4BD42 #8AC442

triadic

#C4BD42 #42C4BD #BD42C4

tetradic

#C4BD42 #42C47C #4249C4 #C4428A

square

#C4BD42 #42C47C #4249C4 #C4428A

split-complementary

#C4BD42 #428AC4 #7C42C4

monochromatic

#6A6621 #999330 #C4BD42 #D3CD71 #E1DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C4BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD42

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD42	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)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.142 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07d',
    500: '#c4bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd42;
$custom-light: #d9d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD42

secondary

#9497CE

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD42

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

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