#C4BE45#C4BE45

#C4BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.140 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE45
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -12.57, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 60.85, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0398 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.14 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2541, 48.9938, 12.8600)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE45 #454BC4

analogous

#C47E45 #C4BE45 #8BC445

triadic

#C4BE45 #45C4BE #BE45C4

tetradic

#C4BE45 #45C47E #454BC4 #C4458B

square

#C4BE45 #45C47E #454BC4 #C4458B

split-complementary

#C4BE45 #458BC4 #7E45C4

monochromatic

#6C6922 #9B9631 #C4BE45 #D3CE73 #E1DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C4BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE45

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE45	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#CEB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.140 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d17f',
    500: '#c4be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be45;
$custom-light: #d9d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78401,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE45

secondary

#9799CE

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE45

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

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