#C4BF40#C4BF40

#C4BF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.145 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF40
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -13.36, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 63.21, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0426 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.145 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3227, 49.3689, 12.1493)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF40 #4045C4

analogous

#C47D40 #C4BF40 #87C440

triadic

#C4BF40 #40C4BF #BF40C4

tetradic

#C4BF40 #40C47D #4045C4 #C44087

square

#C4BF40 #40C47D #4045C4 #C44087

split-complementary

#C4BF40 #4087C4 #7D40C4

monochromatic

#696620 #98942F #C4BF40 #D2CF6F #E1DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4BF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C4BF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF40

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF40	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.145 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d27c',
    500: '#c4bf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf40;
$custom-light: #d9d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78575,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF40

secondary

#9395CD

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF40

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

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