#C4BE40#C4BE40

#C4BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE40
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -12.85, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 62.84, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0411 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1054, 48.9343, 12.0768)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE40 #4046C4

analogous

#C47C40 #C4BE40 #88C440

triadic

#C4BE40 #40C4BE #BE40C4

tetradic

#C4BE40 #40C47C #4046C4 #C44088

square

#C4BE40 #40C47C #4046C4 #C44088

split-complementary

#C4BE40 #4088C4 #7C40C4

monochromatic

#696620 #98932F #C4BE40 #D2CE6F #E1DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C4BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE40

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE40	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17c',
    500: '#c4be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be40;
$custom-light: #d9d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7836,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE40

secondary

#9395CD

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE40

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

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