#C4BE4A#C4BE4A

#C4BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE4A
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -12.25, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 58.78, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0384 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.136 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4159, 49.0585, 13.7122)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE4A #4A50C4

analogous

#C4814A #C4BE4A #8DC44A

triadic

#C4BE4A #4AC4BE #BE4AC4

tetradic

#C4BE4A #4AC481 #4A50C4 #C44A8D

square

#C4BE4A #4AC481 #4A50C4 #C44A8D

split-complementary

#C4BE4A #4A8DC4 #814AC4

monochromatic

#6F6C24 #9D9833 #C4BE4A #D3CF78 #E2DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C4BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE4A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE4A	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)

#CDB73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d182',
    500: '#c4be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be4a;
$custom-light: #d9d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78446,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE4A

secondary

#9B9DCF

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE4A

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

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