#C4BE25#C4BE25

#C4BE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.159 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE25
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 37)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -14.01, 70.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 71.73, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0468 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.159 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5141, 48.6978, 8.9627)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE25 #252BC4

analogous

#C46E25 #C4BE25 #7AC425

triadic

#C4BE25 #25C4BE #BE25C4

tetradic

#C4BE25 #25C46E #252BC4 #C4257A

square

#C4BE25 #25C46E #252BC4 #C4257A

split-complementary

#C4BE25 #257AC4 #6E25C4

monochromatic

#5D5A12 #918C1B #C4BE25 #DDD749 #E6E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C4BE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C4BE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE25

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE25	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.159 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad16f',
    500: '#c4be25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be25;
$custom-light: #dad16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE25

secondary

#767ACF

accent

#43EB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE25

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

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