#C4BE3A#C4BE3A

#C4BE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.148 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE3A
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -13.17, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 65.10, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0426 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.148 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9437, 48.8696, 11.2255)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE3A #3A40C4

analogous

#C4793A #C4BE3A #85C43A

triadic

#C4BE3A #3AC4BE #BE3AC4

tetradic

#C4BE3A #3AC479 #3A40C4 #C43A85

square

#C4BE3A #3AC479 #3A40C4 #C43A85

split-complementary

#C4BE3A #3A85C4 #793AC4

monochromatic

#66621E #95902C #C4BE3A #D3CE69 #E0DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C4BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE3A

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE3A	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)

#CEB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.148 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d179',
    500: '#c4be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be3a;
$custom-light: #d9d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78315,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE3A

secondary

#8E90CC

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE3A

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

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