#C4BE4B#C4BE4B

#C4BE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.136 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE4B
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 61.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -12.19, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 58.36, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0381 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.136 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4498, 49.0721, 13.8910)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE4B #4B51C4

analogous

#C4814B #C4BE4B #8DC44B

triadic

#C4BE4B #4BC4BE #BE4BC4

tetradic

#C4BE4B #4BC481 #4B51C4 #C44B8D

square

#C4BE4B #4BC481 #4B51C4 #C44B8D

split-complementary

#C4BE4B #4B8DC4 #814BC4

monochromatic

#706C25 #9E9934 #C4BE4B #D3CF79 #E2DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C4BE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE4B

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE4B	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)

#CDB73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.136 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d182',
    500: '#c4be4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be4b;
$custom-light: #d9d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE4B

secondary

#9B9ECF

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE4B

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

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