#C4BD47#C4BD47

#C4BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.138 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD47
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -11.93, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 59.65, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0378 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.138 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1014, 48.5873, 13.1206)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD47 #474EC4

analogous

#C47F47 #C4BD47 #8DC447

triadic

#C4BD47 #47C4BD #BD47C4

tetradic

#C4BD47 #47C47F #474EC4 #C4478D

square

#C4BD47 #47C47F #474EC4 #C4478D

split-complementary

#C4BD47 #478DC4 #7F47C4

monochromatic

#6D6923 #9C9632 #C4BD47 #D3CE75 #E2DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C4BD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD47

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD47	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.138 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d080',
    500: '#c4bd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd47;
$custom-light: #d9d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD47

secondary

#989BCF

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD47

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

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