#C4BF38#C4BF38

#C4BF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.150 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF38
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -13.77, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 66.18, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0445 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.15 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1112, 49.2843, 11.0352)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF38 #383DC4

analogous

#C47938 #C4BF38 #83C438

triadic

#C4BF38 #38C4BF #BF38C4

tetradic

#C4BF38 #38C479 #383DC4 #C43883

square

#C4BF38 #38C479 #383DC4 #C43883

split-complementary

#C4BF38 #3883C4 #7938C4

monochromatic

#65621D #94912A #C4BF38 #D3CF66 #E1DE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4BF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C4BF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF38

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF38	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.150 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d278',
    500: '#c4bf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf38;
$custom-light: #d9d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78517,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF38

secondary

#8C8ECC

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF38

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

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