#C4BD57#C4BD57

#C4BD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.124 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD57
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -10.81, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 52.65, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0328 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.124 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6841, 48.8204, 16.1898)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD57 #575EC4

analogous

#C48657 #C4BD57 #94C457

triadic

#C4BD57 #57C4BD #BD57C4

tetradic

#C4BD57 #57C486 #575EC4 #C45794

square

#C4BD57 #57C486 #575EC4 #C45794

split-complementary

#C4BD57 #5794C4 #8657C4

monochromatic

#77722A #A49D3A #C4BD57 #D4CF84 #E4E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C4BD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD57

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD57	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)

#CBB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.124 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d08a',
    500: '#c4bd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd57;
$custom-light: #d8d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78367,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD57

secondary

#A5A8D2

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD57

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