#C4BE2B#C4BE2B

#C4BE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.156 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE2B
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -13.81, 68.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 70.06, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0458 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.156 107)
XYZ	xyz(41.6162, 48.7386, 9.5004)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE2B #2B31C4

analogous

#C4722B #C4BE2B #7EC42B

triadic

#C4BE2B #2BC4BE #BE2BC4

tetradic

#C4BE2B #2BC472 #2B31C4 #C42B7E

square

#C4BE2B #2BC472 #2B31C4 #C42B7E

split-complementary

#C4BE2B #2B7EC4 #722BC4

monochromatic

#605D15 #928D20 #C4BE2B #D9D453 #E4E185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C4BE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE2B

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE2B	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.156 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad171',
    500: '#c4be2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be2b;
$custom-light: #dad171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78224,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.48737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE2B

secondary

#7D80CE

accent

#47E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE2B

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

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