#C4BE43#C4BE43

#C4BE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.142 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE43
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -12.68, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 61.66, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0403 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.142 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1931, 48.9693, 12.5386)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE43 #4349C4

analogous

#C47E43 #C4BE43 #8AC443

triadic

#C4BE43 #43C4BE #BE43C4

tetradic

#C4BE43 #43C47E #4349C4 #C4438A

square

#C4BE43 #43C47E #4349C4 #C4438A

split-complementary

#C4BE43 #438AC4 #7E43C4

monochromatic

#6B6822 #9A9530 #C4BE43 #D3CE72 #E1DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C4BE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE43

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE43	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)

#CEB732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.142 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17e',
    500: '#c4be43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be43;
$custom-light: #d9d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78384,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE43

secondary

#9598CE

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE43

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

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