#C4BB4E#C4BB4E

#C4BB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.130 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB4E
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -10.45, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 55.90, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0328 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9119, 47.8279, 14.2302)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB4E #4E57C4

analogous

#C4804E #C4BB4E #92C44E

triadic

#C4BB4E #4EC4BB #BB4EC4

tetradic

#C4BB4E #4EC480 #4E57C4 #C44E92

square

#C4BB4E #4EC480 #4E57C4 #C44E92

split-complementary

#C4BB4E #4E92C4 #804EC4

monochromatic

#726C26 #A09735 #C4BB4E #D3CD7C #E3DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C4BB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C4BB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB4E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB4E	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cf84',
    500: '#c4bb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb4e;
$custom-light: #d9cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77844,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB4E

secondary

#9EA2D0

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB4E

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

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