#C4BB55#C4BB55

#C4BB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.124 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB55
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -9.94, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 52.76, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0305 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.124 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1763, 47.9337, 15.6230)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB55 #555EC4

analogous

#C48355 #C4BB55 #96C455

triadic

#C4BB55 #55C4BB #BB55C4

tetradic

#C4BB55 #55C483 #555EC4 #C45596

square

#C4BB55 #55C483 #555EC4 #C45596

split-complementary

#C4BB55 #5596C4 #8355C4

monochromatic

#767029 #A39B39 #C4BB55 #D4CD82 #E4DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C4BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB55

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB55	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.124 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf88',
    500: '#c4bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb55;
$custom-light: #d8cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77918,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB55

secondary

#A3A7D2

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB55

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

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