#C4BD4D#C4BD4D

#C4BD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.133 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD4D
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -11.54, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 57.11, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.036 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.133 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3035, 48.6682, 14.1853)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD4D #4D54C4

analogous

#C4814D #C4BD4D #8FC44D

triadic

#C4BD4D #4DC4BD #BD4DC4

tetradic

#C4BD4D #4DC481 #4D54C4 #C44D8F

square

#C4BD4D #4DC481 #4D54C4 #C44D8F

split-complementary

#C4BD4D #4D8FC4 #814DC4

monochromatic

#716D25 #9F9935 #C4BD4D #D3CE7B #E2DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C4BD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD4D

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD4D	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.133 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d083',
    500: '#c4bd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd4d;
$custom-light: #d9d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78261,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD4D

secondary

#9DA0D0

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD4D

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

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