#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
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -10.23, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 54.57, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0319 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.128 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0219, 47.8719, 14.8097)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C4BB51	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)

#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

Preview with #C4BB51

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

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