#C4BE41#C4BE41

#C4BE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.143 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE41
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -12.80, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 62.45, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0409 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.143 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1341, 48.9458, 12.2280)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE41 #4147C4

analogous

#C47C41 #C4BE41 #88C441

triadic

#C4BE41 #41C4BE #BE41C4

tetradic

#C4BE41 #41C47C #4147C4 #C44188

square

#C4BE41 #41C47C #4147C4 #C44188

split-complementary

#C4BE41 #4188C4 #7C41C4

monochromatic

#6A6621 #98942F #C4BE41 #D3CE70 #E1DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C4BE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE41

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE41	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)

#CEB72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.143 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17c',
    500: '#c4be41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be41;
$custom-light: #d9d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78368,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE41

secondary

#9396CD

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE41

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

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