#C4BE32#C4BE32

#C4BE32 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	#C4BE32
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -13.54, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 67.88, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0444 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7558, 48.7944, 10.2358)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE32 #3238C4

analogous

#C47532 #C4BE32 #81C432

triadic

#C4BE32 #32C4BE #BE32C4

tetradic

#C4BE32 #32C475 #3238C4 #C43281

square

#C4BE32 #32C475 #3238C4 #C43281

split-complementary

#C4BE32 #3281C4 #7532C4

monochromatic

#625F19 #938F26 #C4BE32 #D6D15D #E2DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C4BE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE32

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE32	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)

#CEB713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad175',
    500: '#c4be32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be32;
$custom-light: #dad175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78263,
    "c": 0.15261,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE32

secondary

#8588CD

accent

#4CE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE32

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

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