#C4BF36#C4BF36

#C4BF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.151 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF36
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -13.87, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 66.88, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.045 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.151 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0632, 49.2651, 10.7827)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF36 #363BC4

analogous

#C47836 #C4BF36 #82C436

triadic

#C4BF36 #36C4BF #BF36C4

tetradic

#C4BF36 #36C478 #363BC4 #C43682

square

#C4BF36 #36C478 #363BC4 #C43682

split-complementary

#C4BF36 #3682C4 #7836C4

monochromatic

#64611C #949029 #C4BF36 #D4D063 #E1DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4BF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C4BF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF36

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF36	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.151 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad277',
    500: '#c4bf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf36;
$custom-light: #dad277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78503,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF36

secondary

#898CCC

accent

#4DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF36

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

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