#C4BD56#C4BD56

#C4BD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.125 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD56
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -10.89, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 53.11, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0331 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.125 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6436, 48.8042, 15.9761)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD56 #565DC4

analogous

#C48656 #C4BD56 #94C456

triadic

#C4BD56 #56C4BD #BD56C4

tetradic

#C4BD56 #56C486 #565DC4 #C45694

square

#C4BD56 #56C486 #565DC4 #C45694

split-complementary

#C4BD56 #5694C4 #8656C4

monochromatic

#767129 #A49D39 #C4BD56 #D4CF83 #E4E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C4BD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD56

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD56	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.125 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d089',
    500: '#c4bd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd56;
$custom-light: #d8d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78356,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD56

secondary

#A4A7D2

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD56

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

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