#C4BB33#C4BB33

#C4BB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.149 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB33
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -11.97, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 66.51, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0399 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.149 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1345, 47.5170, 10.1363)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB33 #333CC4

analogous

#C47233 #C4BB33 #84C433

triadic

#C4BB33 #33C4BB #BB33C4

tetradic

#C4BB33 #33C472 #333CC4 #C43384

square

#C4BB33 #33C472 #333CC4 #C43384

split-complementary

#C4BB33 #3384C4 #7233C4

monochromatic

#635E1A #938D26 #C4BB33 #D5CE5F #E2DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C4BB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB33

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB33	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.149 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf75',
    500: '#c4bb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb33;
$custom-light: #dacf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB33

secondary

#868BCD

accent

#50E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB33

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

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