#C4BF49#C4BF49

#C4BF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.138 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF49
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -12.83, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 59.59, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0401 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.138 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5998, 49.4798, 13.6086)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF49 #494EC4

analogous

#C48149 #C4BF49 #8BC449

triadic

#C4BF49 #49C4BF #BF49C4

tetradic

#C4BF49 #49C481 #494EC4 #C4498B

square

#C4BF49 #49C481 #494EC4 #C4498B

split-complementary

#C4BF49 #498BC4 #8149C4

monochromatic

#6F6C24 #9D9933 #C4BF49 #D3CF77 #E2E0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4BF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C4BF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF49

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF49	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.138 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d281',
    500: '#c4bf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf49;
$custom-light: #d9d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78652,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF49

secondary

#9A9CCF

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF49

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

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