#C4BB4A#C4BB4A

#C4BB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.134 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB4A
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -10.72, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 57.63, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.034 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7728, 47.7723, 13.4978)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB4A #4A53C4

analogous

#C47E4A #C4BB4A #90C44A

triadic

#C4BB4A #4AC4BB #BB4AC4

tetradic

#C4BB4A #4AC47E #4A53C4 #C44A90

square

#C4BB4A #4AC47E #4A53C4 #C44A90

split-complementary

#C4BB4A #4A90C4 #7E4AC4

monochromatic

#6F6A24 #9D9633 #C4BB4A #D3CC78 #E2DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C4BB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C4BB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB4A

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB4A	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf81',
    500: '#c4bb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb4a;
$custom-light: #d9cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77804,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB4A

secondary

#9B9ECF

accent

#58DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB4A

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

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