#C4BB3B#C4BB3B

#C4BB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.144 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB3B
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -11.59, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 63.66, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0381 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.144 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3263, 47.5937, 11.1465)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB3B #3B44C4

analogous

#C4763B #C4BB3B #89C43B

triadic

#C4BB3B #3BC4BB #BB3BC4

tetradic

#C4BB3B #3BC476 #3B44C4 #C43B89

square

#C4BB3B #3BC476 #3B44C4 #C43B89

split-complementary

#C4BB3B #3B89C4 #763BC4

monochromatic

#66611F #958E2D #C4BB3B #D2CB6A #E0DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#C4BB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB3B

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB3B	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.144 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf79',
    500: '#c4bb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb3b;
$custom-light: #d9cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77678,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB3B

secondary

#8F93CC

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB3B

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

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