#C4BB28#C4BB28

#C4BB28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.155 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB28
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 79.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -12.39, 68.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 69.94, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0421 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.155 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9201, 47.4312, 9.0067)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB28 #2831C4

analogous

#C46D28 #C4BB28 #7FC428

triadic

#C4BB28 #28C4BB #BB28C4

tetradic

#C4BB28 #28C46D #2831C4 #C4287F

square

#C4BB28 #28C46D #2831C4 #C4287F

split-complementary

#C4BB28 #287FC4 #6D28C4

monochromatic

#5E5A13 #918B1E #C4BB28 #DBD34E #E5E081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C4BB28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB28

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB28	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.155 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf70',
    500: '#c4bb28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb28;
$custom-light: #dacf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77563,
    "c": 0.15491,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB28

secondary

#7A7FCE

accent

#49E93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB28

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

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