#C4BE44#C4BE44

#C4BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.141 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE44
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -12.63, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 61.26, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0401 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.141 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2233, 48.9814, 12.6979)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE44 #444AC4

analogous

#C47E44 #C4BE44 #8AC444

triadic

#C4BE44 #44C4BE #BE44C4

tetradic

#C4BE44 #44C47E #444AC4 #C4448A

square

#C4BE44 #44C47E #444AC4 #C4448A

split-complementary

#C4BE44 #448AC4 #7E44C4

monochromatic

#6C6822 #9A9531 #C4BE44 #D3CE73 #E1DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C4BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C4BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE44

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE44	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.141 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17e',
    500: '#c4be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be44;
$custom-light: #d9d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78393,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE44

secondary

#9698CE

accent

#53DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE44

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

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