#C4BE27#C4BE27

#C4BE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.158 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE27
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -13.95, 69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 71.20, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0465 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.158 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5464, 48.7107, 9.1327)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE27 #272DC4

analogous

#C46F27 #C4BE27 #7BC427

triadic

#C4BE27 #27C4BE #BE27C4

tetradic

#C4BE27 #27C46F #272DC4 #C4277B

square

#C4BE27 #27C46F #272DC4 #C4277B

split-complementary

#C4BE27 #277BC4 #6F27C4

monochromatic

#5E5B13 #918D1D #C4BE27 #DCD64D #E6E280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C4BE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE27

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE27	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#D2BC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.158 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad170',
    500: '#c4be27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be27;
$custom-light: #dad170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.707,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78204,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE27

secondary

#797CCE

accent

#45EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE27

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

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