#C4BE4D#C4BE4D

#C4BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.134 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE4D
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -12.05, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 57.50, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0375 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.134 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5194, 49.0999, 14.2572)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE4D #4D53C4

analogous

#C4824D #C4BE4D #8EC44D

triadic

#C4BE4D #4DC4BE #BE4DC4

tetradic

#C4BE4D #4DC482 #4D53C4 #C44D8E

square

#C4BE4D #4DC482 #4D53C4 #C44D8E

split-complementary

#C4BE4D #4D8EC4 #824DC4

monochromatic

#716D25 #9F9A35 #C4BE4D #D3CF7B #E2E0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C4BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE4D

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE4D	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.134 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d183',
    500: '#c4be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be4d;
$custom-light: #d9d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78475,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE4D

secondary

#9D9FD0

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE4D

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

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