#C4BE4F#C4BE4F

#C4BE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.132 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE4F
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -11.91, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 56.63, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0369 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.132 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5911, 49.1286, 14.6348)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE4F #4F55C4

analogous

#C4844F #C4BE4F #90C44F

triadic

#C4BE4F #4FC4BE #BE4FC4

tetradic

#C4BE4F #4FC484 #4F55C4 #C44F90

square

#C4BE4F #4FC484 #4F55C4 #C44F90

split-complementary

#C4BE4F #4F90C4 #844FC4

monochromatic

#726E26 #A09B36 #C4BE4F #D3CF7D #E3E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C4BE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE4F

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE4F	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.132 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d185',
    500: '#c4be4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be4f;
$custom-light: #d9d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 49.787,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78495,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE4F

secondary

#9EA1D0

accent

#56D94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE4F

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

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