#C4BB2A#C4BB2A

#C4BB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.154 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB2A
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -12.32, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 69.36, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0417 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.154 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9550, 47.4452, 9.1906)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB2A #2A33C4

analogous

#C46E2A #C4BB2A #80C42A

triadic

#C4BB2A #2AC4BB #BB2AC4

tetradic

#C4BB2A #2AC46E #2A33C4 #C42A80

square

#C4BB2A #2AC46E #2A33C4 #C42A80

split-complementary

#C4BB2A #2A80C4 #6E2AC4

monochromatic

#5F5B14 #928B1F #C4BB2A #DAD251 #E5DF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C4BB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB2A

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB2A	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)

#CFBA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.154 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf71',
    500: '#c4bb2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb2a;
$custom-light: #dacf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.494,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77573,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB2A

secondary

#7C81CE

accent

#4AE840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB2A

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

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