#C4BF42#C4BF42

#C4BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.143 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF42
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -13.25, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 62.43, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.042 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.143 107)
XYZ	xyz(42.3806, 49.3921, 12.4544)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF42 #4247C4

analogous

#C47E42 #C4BF42 #88C442

triadic

#C4BF42 #42C4BF #BF42C4

tetradic

#C4BF42 #42C47E #4247C4 #C44288

square

#C4BF42 #42C47E #4247C4 #C44288

split-complementary

#C4BF42 #4288C4 #7E42C4

monochromatic

#6A6821 #999530 #C4BF42 #D3CF71 #E1DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C4BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF42

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF42	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.143 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d27d',
    500: '#c4bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf42;
$custom-light: #d9d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78591,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.49391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF42

secondary

#9496CE

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF42

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

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