#C4BD4E#C4BD4E

#C4BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.132 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD4E
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -11.47, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 56.67, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0357 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.132 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3391, 48.6824, 14.3726)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD4E #4E55C4

analogous

#C4824E #C4BD4E #90C44E

triadic

#C4BD4E #4EC4BD #BD4EC4

tetradic

#C4BD4E #4EC482 #4E55C4 #C44E90

square

#C4BD4E #4EC482 #4E55C4 #C44E90

split-complementary

#C4BD4E #4E90C4 #824EC4

monochromatic

#726D26 #A09935 #C4BD4E #D3CE7C #E3DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C4BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD4E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD4E	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.132 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d084',
    500: '#c4bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd4e;
$custom-light: #d9d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78271,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD4E

secondary

#9EA1D0

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD4E

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

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