#C4BB37#C4BB37

#C4BB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.147 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB37
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -11.78, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 65.12, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.039 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2265, 47.5538, 10.6209)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB37 #3740C4

analogous

#C47537 #C4BB37 #87C437

triadic

#C4BB37 #37C4BB #BB37C4

tetradic

#C4BB37 #37C475 #3740C4 #C43787

square

#C4BB37 #37C475 #3740C4 #C43787

split-complementary

#C4BB37 #3787C4 #7537C4

monochromatic

#64601C #948D2A #C4BB37 #D4CD65 #E1DC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C4BB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB37

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB37	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)

#CBB420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf77',
    500: '#c4bb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb37;
$custom-light: #dacf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7765,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB37

secondary

#8B8FCC

accent

#52DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB37

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

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