#C4BE3E#C4BE3E

#C4BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE3E
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -12.96, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 63.61, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0417 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0495, 48.9119, 11.7824)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE3E #3E44C4

analogous

#C47B3E #C4BE3E #87C43E

triadic

#C4BE3E #3EC4BE #BE3EC4

tetradic

#C4BE3E #3EC47B #3E44C4 #C43E87

square

#C4BE3E #3EC47B #3E44C4 #C43E87

split-complementary

#C4BE3E #3E87C4 #7B3EC4

monochromatic

#686520 #97922E #C4BE3E #D2CE6D #E1DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C4BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE3E

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE3E	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)

#CEB72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17b',
    500: '#c4be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be3e;
$custom-light: #d9d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78345,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE3E

secondary

#9194CD

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE3E

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

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