#C4BB4B#C4BB4B

#C4BB4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.133 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB4B
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 61.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -10.65, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 57.20, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0337 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.133 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8068, 47.7859, 13.6766)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB4B #4B54C4

analogous

#C47E4B #C4BB4B #90C44B

triadic

#C4BB4B #4BC4BB #BB4BC4

tetradic

#C4BB4B #4BC47E #4B54C4 #C44B90

square

#C4BB4B #4BC47E #4B54C4 #C44B90

split-complementary

#C4BB4B #4B90C4 #7E4BC4

monochromatic

#706A25 #9E9634 #C4BB4B #D3CC79 #E2DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C4BB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C4BB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB4B

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB4B	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.133 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf82',
    500: '#c4bb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb4b;
$custom-light: #d9cf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77814,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB4B

secondary

#9B9FCF

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB4B

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

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