#C4BF57#C4BF57

#C4BF57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.126 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BF57
RGB	rgb(196, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -11.83, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 53.46, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0357 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.126 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1173, 49.6868, 16.3342)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BF57 #575CC4

analogous

#C48857 #C4BF57 #92C457

triadic

#C4BF57 #57C4BF #BF57C4

tetradic

#C4BF57 #57C488 #575CC4 #C45792

square

#C4BF57 #57C488 #575CC4 #C45792

split-complementary

#C4BF57 #5792C4 #8857C4

monochromatic

#77732A #A49F3A #C4BF57 #D4D084 #E4E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C4BF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C4BF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BF57

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BF57	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.126 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d28a',
    500: '#c4bf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bf57;
$custom-light: #d8d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78795,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BF57

secondary

#A5A7D2

accent

#56D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BF57

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

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