#C4BD45#C4BD45

#C4BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.139 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD45
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -12.06, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 60.47, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0383 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.139 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.0382, 48.5621, 12.7881)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD45 #454CC4

analogous

#C47E45 #C4BD45 #8CC445

triadic

#C4BD45 #45C4BD #BD45C4

tetradic

#C4BD45 #45C47E #454CC4 #C4458C

square

#C4BD45 #45C47E #454CC4 #C4458C

split-complementary

#C4BD45 #458CC4 #7E45C4

monochromatic

#6C6822 #9B9531 #C4BD45 #D3CD73 #E1DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C4BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD45

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD45	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)

#CDB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.139 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d07f',
    500: '#c4bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd45;
$custom-light: #d9d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78187,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD45

secondary

#979ACE

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD45

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

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