#C4BB38#C4BB38

#C4BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.146 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB38
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -11.74, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 64.76, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0388 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.146 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2508, 47.5635, 10.7484)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB38 #3841C4

analogous

#C47538 #C4BB38 #87C438

triadic

#C4BB38 #38C4BB #BB38C4

tetradic

#C4BB38 #38C475 #3841C4 #C43887

square

#C4BB38 #38C475 #3841C4 #C43887

split-complementary

#C4BB38 #3887C4 #7538C4

monochromatic

#65601D #948E2A #C4BB38 #D3CC66 #E1DC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#C4BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB38

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.146 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf77',
    500: '#c4bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb38;
$custom-light: #d9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77657,
    "c": 0.14633,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB38

secondary

#8C90CC

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB38

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

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