#C4BE31#C4BE31

#C4BE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE31
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -13.58, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 68.20, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0446 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7345, 48.7859, 10.1234)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE31 #3137C4

analogous

#C47431 #C4BE31 #80C431

triadic

#C4BE31 #31C4BE #BE31C4

tetradic

#C4BE31 #31C474 #3137C4 #C43180

square

#C4BE31 #31C474 #3137C4 #C43180

split-complementary

#C4BE31 #3180C4 #7431C4

monochromatic

#625F19 #938F25 #C4BE31 #D6D15C #E2DF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C4BE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE31

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE31	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad174',
    500: '#c4be31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be31;
$custom-light: #dad174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78257,
    "c": 0.15316,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE31

secondary

#8487CD

accent

#4BE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE31

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

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