#C4BD85#C4BD85

#C4BD85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.074 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BD85
RGB	rgb(196, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -6.12, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 29.89, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0153 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.075 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1966, 49.8254, 29.4221)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BD85 #858CC4

analogous

#C49E85 #C4BD85 #ACC485

triadic

#C4BD85 #85C4BD #BD85C4

tetradic

#C4BD85 #85C49E #858CC4 #C485AC

square

#C4BD85 #85C49E #858CC4 #C485AC

split-complementary

#C4BD85 #85ACC4 #9E85C4

monochromatic

#8B8343 #B0A75C #C4BD85 #D8D3AE #ECEAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C4BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C4BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BD85

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BD85	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.074 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d0a9',
    500: '#c4bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bd85;
$custom-light: #d6d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 34.807,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79063,
    "c": 0.0745,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BD85

secondary

#C8CADD

accent

#45AE38

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BD85

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

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