#C4BF4A#C4BF4A

#C4BF4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.137 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF4A
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -12.76, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 59.17, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0398 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.137 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6332, 49.4931, 13.7846)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF4A #4A4FC4

analogous

#C4824A #C4BF4A #8CC44A

triadic

#C4BF4A #4AC4BF #BF4AC4

tetradic

#C4BF4A #4AC482 #4A4FC4 #C44A8C

square

#C4BF4A #4AC482 #4A4FC4 #C44A8C

split-complementary

#C4BF4A #4A8CC4 #824AC4

monochromatic

#6F6C24 #9D9933 #C4BF4A #D3CF78 #E2E0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C4BF4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C4BF4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF4A

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF4A	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)

#CEB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.137 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d282',
    500: '#c4bf4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf4a;
$custom-light: #d9d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF4A

secondary

#9B9DCF

accent

#53DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF4A

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

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