#C4BE3C#C4BE3C

#C4BE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.147 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE3C
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -13.07, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 64.36, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0422 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.147 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9956, 48.8904, 11.4987)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE3C #3C42C4

analogous

#C47A3C #C4BE3C #86C43C

triadic

#C4BE3C #3CC4BE #BE3CC4

tetradic

#C4BE3C #3CC47A #3C42C4 #C43C86

square

#C4BE3C #3CC47A #3C42C4 #C43C86

split-complementary

#C4BE3C #3C86C4 #7A3CC4

monochromatic

#67631F #96912D #C4BE3C #D2CE6B #E0DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C4BE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE3C

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE3C	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.147 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17a',
    500: '#c4be3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be3c;
$custom-light: #d9d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7833,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE3C

secondary

#9092CC

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE3C

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

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