#C4BE35#C4BE35

#C4BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.151 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE35
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -13.41, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 66.87, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0438 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.151 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8227, 48.8212, 10.5879)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE35 #353BC4

analogous

#C47735 #C4BE35 #83C435

triadic

#C4BE35 #35C4BE #BE35C4

tetradic

#C4BE35 #35C477 #353BC4 #C43583

square

#C4BE35 #35C477 #353BC4 #C43583

split-complementary

#C4BE35 #3583C4 #7735C4

monochromatic

#64611B #948F28 #C4BE35 #D4D062 #E1DE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C4BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE35

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE35	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)

#CEB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.151 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad176',
    500: '#c4be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be35;
$custom-light: #dad176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78281,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE35

secondary

#888BCC

accent

#4EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE35

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

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