#C4BD50#C4BD50

#C4BD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.131 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD50
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -11.33, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 55.80, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0351 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.131 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4119, 48.7115, 14.7560)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD50 #5057C4

analogous

#C48350 #C4BD50 #91C450

triadic

#C4BD50 #50C4BD #BD50C4

tetradic

#C4BD50 #50C483 #5057C4 #C45091

square

#C4BD50 #50C483 #5057C4 #C45091

split-complementary

#C4BD50 #5091C4 #8350C4

monochromatic

#736E27 #A19A36 #C4BD50 #D3CE7E #E3E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C4BD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD50

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD50	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#CCB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.131 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d085',
    500: '#c4bd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd50;
$custom-light: #d8d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78291,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD50

secondary

#9FA2D1

accent

#57D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD50

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

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