#C4BD59#C4BD59

#C4BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.122 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD59
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -10.65, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 51.73, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0321 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.122 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7670, 48.8536, 16.6261)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD59 #5960C4

analogous

#C48759 #C4BD59 #95C459

triadic

#C4BD59 #59C4BD #BD59C4

tetradic

#C4BD59 #59C487 #5960C4 #C45995

square

#C4BD59 #59C487 #5960C4 #C45995

split-complementary

#C4BD59 #5995C4 #8759C4

monochromatic

#78732B #A59E3B #C4BD59 #D4CF86 #E4E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C4BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD59

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD59	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.122 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d08b',
    500: '#c4bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd59;
$custom-light: #d8d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7839,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD59

secondary

#A6A9D3

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD59

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

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