#C4BF48#C4BF48

#C4BF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.139 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF48
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -12.89, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 60.00, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0404 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.139 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5669, 49.4666, 13.4354)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF48 #484DC4

analogous

#C48148 #C4BF48 #8BC448

triadic

#C4BF48 #48C4BF #BF48C4

tetradic

#C4BF48 #48C481 #484DC4 #C4488B

square

#C4BF48 #48C481 #484DC4 #C4488B

split-complementary

#C4BF48 #488BC4 #8148C4

monochromatic

#6E6B23 #9C9832 #C4BF48 #D3CF76 #E2DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4BF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C4BF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF48

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF48	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.139 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d281',
    500: '#c4bf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf48;
$custom-light: #d9d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78643,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF48

secondary

#999BCF

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF48

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

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