#C4BD52#C4BD52

#C4BD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.129 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD52
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -11.19, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 54.91, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0344 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.129 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4869, 48.7415, 15.1510)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD52 #5259C4

analogous

#C48452 #C4BD52 #92C452

triadic

#C4BD52 #52C4BD #BD52C4

tetradic

#C4BD52 #52C484 #5259C4 #C45292

square

#C4BD52 #52C484 #5259C4 #C45292

split-complementary

#C4BD52 #5292C4 #8452C4

monochromatic

#746F28 #A29B37 #C4BD52 #D4CE80 #E3E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C4BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD52

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD52	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.129 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d086',
    500: '#c4bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd52;
$custom-light: #d8d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78312,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD52

secondary

#A1A4D1

accent

#58D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD52

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

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