#C4BB51#C4BB51

#C4BB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.128 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4BB51
RGBrgb(196, 187, 81)
HSLhsl(55, 49%, 54%)
HSVhsv(55, 59%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.6%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.74, -10.23, 53.60)
CIE-LCHlch(74.74, 54.57, 100.81°)
OKLaboklab(77.88% -0.0319 0.1236)
OKLCHoklch(77.88% 0.128 104.4)
XYZxyz(42.0219, 47.8719, 14.8097)
Luminance0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4BB51 #515AC4
analogous
#C48251 #C4BB51 #94C451
triadic
#C4BB51 #51C4BB #BB51C4
tetradic
#C4BB51 #51C482 #515AC4 #C45194
square
#C4BB51 #51C482 #515AC4 #C45194
split-complementary
#C4BB51 #5194C4 #8251C4
monochromatic
#736D27 #A19937 #C4BB51 #D3CD7F #E3DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#C4BB51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57
#C4BB51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB51
10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4BB51#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4BB511.001.9910.5710.57
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5721.001.001.00
##00000010.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB546
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBA57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1AFA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4bb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.128 104.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf86',
    500: '#c4bb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4bb51;
$custom-light: #d8cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4bb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77875,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4BB51
secondary
#A0A4D1
accent
#5AD94F
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9F0
border
#D4D2CB
text
#15130B
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

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#C4BB51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva