#C4BB36#C4BB36

#C4BB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB36
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -11.83, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 65.47, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0393 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2028, 47.5443, 10.4959)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB36 #363FC4

analogous

#C47436 #C4BB36 #86C436

triadic

#C4BB36 #36C4BB #BB36C4

tetradic

#C4BB36 #36C474 #363FC4 #C43686

square

#C4BB36 #36C474 #363FC4 #C43686

split-complementary

#C4BB36 #3686C4 #7436C4

monochromatic

#645F1C #948D29 #C4BB36 #D4CD63 #E1DC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C4BB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB36

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB36	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)

#CBB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf76',
    500: '#c4bb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb36;
$custom-light: #dacf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77643,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB36

secondary

#898ECC

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB36

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

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