#C4BE42#C4BE42

#C4BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.142 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE42
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -12.74, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 62.06, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0406 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.142 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1633, 48.9574, 12.3819)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE42 #4248C4

analogous

#C47D42 #C4BE42 #89C442

triadic

#C4BE42 #42C4BE #BE42C4

tetradic

#C4BE42 #42C47D #4248C4 #C44289

square

#C4BE42 #42C47D #4248C4 #C44289

split-complementary

#C4BE42 #4289C4 #7D42C4

monochromatic

#6A6721 #999430 #C4BE42 #D3CE71 #E1DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C4BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE42

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE42	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)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.142 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17d',
    500: '#c4be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be42;
$custom-light: #d9d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78376,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE42

secondary

#9497CE

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE42

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

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