#C4BB46#C4BB46

#C4BB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB46
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -10.97, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 59.31, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0352 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.137 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6423, 47.7201, 12.8105)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB46 #464FC4

analogous

#C47C46 #C4BB46 #8EC446

triadic

#C4BB46 #46C4BB #BB46C4

tetradic

#C4BB46 #46C47C #464FC4 #C4468E

square

#C4BB46 #46C47C #464FC4 #C4468E

split-complementary

#C4BB46 #468EC4 #7C46C4

monochromatic

#6D6823 #9B9432 #C4BB46 #D3CC74 #E2DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C4BB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C4BB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB46

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB46	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf7f',
    500: '#c4bb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb46;
$custom-light: #d9cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77768,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB46

secondary

#979BCE

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB46

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

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