#C4BE50#C4BE50

#C4BE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.132 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BE50
RGB	rgb(196, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -11.84, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 56.19, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0365 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.132 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6278, 49.1432, 14.8280)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BE50 #5056C4

analogous

#C48450 #C4BE50 #90C450

triadic

#C4BE50 #50C4BE #BE50C4

tetradic

#C4BE50 #50C484 #5056C4 #C45090

square

#C4BE50 #50C484 #5056C4 #C45090

split-complementary

#C4BE50 #5090C4 #8450C4

monochromatic

#736F27 #A19B36 #C4BE50 #D3CF7E #E3E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C4BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C4BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BE50

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BE50	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)

#CDB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.132 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d185',
    500: '#c4be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4be50;
$custom-light: #d8d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78505,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BE50

secondary

#9FA2D1

accent

#56D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BE50

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

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