#C4BE37#C4BE37

#C4BE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.150 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE37
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -13.31, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 66.18, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0433 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.15 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8696, 48.8400, 10.8352)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE37 #373DC4

analogous

#C47837 #C4BE37 #84C437

triadic

#C4BE37 #37C4BE #BE37C4

tetradic

#C4BE37 #37C478 #373DC4 #C43784

square

#C4BE37 #37C478 #373DC4 #C43784

split-complementary

#C4BE37 #3784C4 #7837C4

monochromatic

#64611C #94902A #C4BE37 #D4CF65 #E1DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C4BE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE37

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE37	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.150 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad177',
    500: '#c4be37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be37;
$custom-light: #dad177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78294,
    "c": 0.14973,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE37

secondary

#8B8DCC

accent

#4FDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE37

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

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