#C4BE4E#C4BE4E

#C4BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.133 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE4E
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -11.98, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 57.07, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0372 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.133 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5550, 49.1141, 14.4446)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE4E #4E54C4

analogous

#C4834E #C4BE4E #8FC44E

triadic

#C4BE4E #4EC4BE #BE4EC4

tetradic

#C4BE4E #4EC483 #4E54C4 #C44E8F

square

#C4BE4E #4EC483 #4E54C4 #C44E8F

split-complementary

#C4BE4E #4E8FC4 #834EC4

monochromatic

#726E26 #A09A35 #C4BE4E #D3CF7C #E3E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C4BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE4E

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE4E	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)

#CDB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.133 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d184',
    500: '#c4be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be4e;
$custom-light: #d9d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78485,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE4E

secondary

#9EA0D0

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE4E

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

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