#C4BB35#C4BB35

#C4BB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.148 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB35
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -11.88, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 65.82, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0395 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.148 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1796, 47.5350, 10.3735)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB35 #353EC4

analogous

#C47435 #C4BB35 #86C435

triadic

#C4BB35 #35C4BB #BB35C4

tetradic

#C4BB35 #35C474 #353EC4 #C43586

square

#C4BB35 #35C474 #353EC4 #C43586

split-complementary

#C4BB35 #3586C4 #7435C4

monochromatic

#645F1B #948D28 #C4BB35 #D4CD62 #E1DC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C4BB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB35

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB35	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.148 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf76',
    500: '#c4bb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb35;
$custom-light: #dacf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77637,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB35

secondary

#888DCC

accent

#51E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB35

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

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