#C4BE38#C4BE38

#C4BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.149 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE38
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -13.27, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 65.82, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0431 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.149 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8939, 48.8497, 10.9628)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE38 #383EC4

analogous

#C47838 #C4BE38 #84C438

triadic

#C4BE38 #38C4BE #BE38C4

tetradic

#C4BE38 #38C478 #383EC4 #C43884

square

#C4BE38 #38C478 #383EC4 #C43884

split-complementary

#C4BE38 #3884C4 #7838C4

monochromatic

#65621D #94902A #C4BE38 #D3CF66 #E1DE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C4BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE38

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE38	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)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.149 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d178',
    500: '#c4be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be38;
$custom-light: #d9d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE38

secondary

#8C8ECC

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE38

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

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