#C4BE3D#C4BE3D

#C4BE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.146 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE3D
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -13.02, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 63.99, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0419 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0223, 48.9010, 11.6393)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE3D #3D43C4

analogous

#C47A3D #C4BE3D #87C43D

triadic

#C4BE3D #3DC4BE #BE3DC4

tetradic

#C4BE3D #3DC47A #3D43C4 #C43D87

square

#C4BE3D #3DC47A #3D43C4 #C43D87

split-complementary

#C4BE3D #3D87C4 #7A3DC4

monochromatic

#67641F #96912E #C4BE3D #D2CE6C #E1DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C4BE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE3D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE3D	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)

#CEB729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17a',
    500: '#c4be3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be3d;
$custom-light: #d9d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78337,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE3D

secondary

#9093CD

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE3D

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

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