#C4BB3E#C4BB3E

#C4BB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB3E
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -11.43, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 62.52, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0373 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4064, 47.6257, 11.5681)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB3E #3E47C4

analogous

#C4783E #C4BB3E #8AC43E

triadic

#C4BB3E #3EC4BB #BB3EC4

tetradic

#C4BB3E #3EC478 #3E47C4 #C43E8A

square

#C4BB3E #3EC478 #3E47C4 #C43E8A

split-complementary

#C4BB3E #3E8AC4 #783EC4

monochromatic

#686320 #97902E #C4BB3E #D2CC6D #E1DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C4BB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#C4BB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB3E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB3E	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)

#CBB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf7b',
    500: '#c4bb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb3e;
$custom-light: #d9cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77701,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB3E

secondary

#9195CD

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB3E

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

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