#C4BB50#C4BB50
#C4BB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.129 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C4BB50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(196, 187, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 50%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 59%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.2%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.73, -10.31, 54.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.73, 55.01, 100.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.86% -0.0322 0.1244) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.86% 0.129 104.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.9847, 47.8570, 14.6136) |
| Luminance | 0.4786 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 4.89
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.27
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.39
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.73
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 6.36
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 6.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C4BB50 #5059C4
analogous
#C48150 #C4BB50 #93C450
triadic
#C4BB50 #50C4BB #BB50C4
tetradic
#C4BB50 #50C481 #5059C4 #C45093
square
#C4BB50 #50C481 #5059C4 #C45093
split-complementary
#C4BB50 #5093C4 #8150C4
monochromatic
#736D27 #A19836 #C4BB50 #D3CD7E #E3DFAC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#C4BB50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.57
#C4BB50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C4BB50
10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C4BB50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C4BB50 | 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)
#CAB544
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBA56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1AFA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c4bb50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.129 104.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d8cf85',
500: '#c4bb50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c4bb50; $custom-light: #d8cf85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c4bb50",
"rgb": {
"r": 196,
"g": 187,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.345,
"s": 49.573,
"l": 54.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77864,
"c": 0.12852,
"h": 104.5
},
"luminance": 0.47856
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C4BB50
secondary
#9FA3D1
accent
#59D94F
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9EF
border
#D4D2CA
text
#15130B
muted
#83827C