#C4BD44#C4BD44

#C4BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.140 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD44
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -12.12, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 60.88, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0386 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.14 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.0075, 48.5498, 12.6260)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD44 #444BC4

analogous

#C47D44 #C4BD44 #8BC444

triadic

#C4BD44 #44C4BD #BD44C4

tetradic

#C4BD44 #44C47D #444BC4 #C4448B

square

#C4BD44 #44C47D #444BC4 #C4448B

split-complementary

#C4BD44 #448BC4 #7D44C4

monochromatic

#6C6822 #9A9431 #C4BD44 #D3CD73 #E1DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C4BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD44

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD44	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)

#CDB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.140 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07e',
    500: '#c4bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd44;
$custom-light: #d9d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78178,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD44

secondary

#9699CE

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD44

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

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