#C4BE49#C4BE49

#C4BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.137 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE49
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -12.32, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 59.20, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0387 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.137 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3825, 49.0451, 13.5362)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE49 #494FC4

analogous

#C48049 #C4BE49 #8DC449

triadic

#C4BE49 #49C4BE #BE49C4

tetradic

#C4BE49 #49C480 #494FC4 #C4498D

square

#C4BE49 #49C480 #494FC4 #C4498D

split-complementary

#C4BE49 #498DC4 #8049C4

monochromatic

#6F6B24 #9D9833 #C4BE49 #D3CF77 #E2DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C4BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE49

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE49	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.137 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d181',
    500: '#c4be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be49;
$custom-light: #d9d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78437,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE49

secondary

#9A9CCF

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE49

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

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