#C4BD43#C4BD43

#C4BD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.141 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD43
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -12.17, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 61.28, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0389 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.141 106)
XYZ	xyz(41.9772, 48.5377, 12.4666)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD43 #434AC4

analogous

#C47D43 #C4BD43 #8BC443

triadic

#C4BD43 #43C4BD #BD43C4

tetradic

#C4BD43 #43C47D #434AC4 #C4438B

square

#C4BD43 #43C47D #434AC4 #C4438B

split-complementary

#C4BD43 #438BC4 #7D43C4

monochromatic

#6B6722 #9A9430 #C4BD43 #D3CD72 #E1DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C4BD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD43

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD43	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.141 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07e',
    500: '#c4bd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd43;
$custom-light: #d9d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7817,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD43

secondary

#9598CE

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD43

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

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