#C4BE47#C4BE47

#C4BE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.139 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE47
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -12.44, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 60.03, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0392 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.139 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3172, 49.0190, 13.1925)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE47 #474DC4

analogous

#C48047 #C4BE47 #8CC447

triadic

#C4BE47 #47C4BE #BE47C4

tetradic

#C4BE47 #47C480 #474DC4 #C4478C

square

#C4BE47 #47C480 #474DC4 #C4478C

split-complementary

#C4BE47 #478CC4 #8047C4

monochromatic

#6D6A23 #9C9732 #C4BE47 #D3CE75 #E2DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C4BE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE47

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE47	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)

#CDB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.139 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d180',
    500: '#c4be47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be47;
$custom-light: #d9d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78419,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE47

secondary

#989BCF

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE47

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

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