#C4BE33#C4BE33

#C4BE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.152 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE33
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -13.49, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 67.55, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0442 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.152 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7776, 48.8032, 10.3506)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE33 #3339C4

analogous

#C47533 #C4BE33 #81C433

triadic

#C4BE33 #33C4BE #BE33C4

tetradic

#C4BE33 #33C475 #3339C4 #C43381

square

#C4BE33 #33C475 #3339C4 #C43381

split-complementary

#C4BE33 #3381C4 #7533C4

monochromatic

#63601A #938F26 #C4BE33 #D5D05F #E2DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C4BE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE33

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE33	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)

#CEB716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.152 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad175',
    500: '#c4be33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be33;
$custom-light: #dad175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.517,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78269,
    "c": 0.15205,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE33

secondary

#8689CD

accent

#4CE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE33

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

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