#C4BB57#C4BB57

#C4BB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.122 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB57
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -9.78, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 51.84, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0299 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.122 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2569, 47.9659, 16.0474)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB57 #5760C4

analogous

#C48457 #C4BB57 #96C457

triadic

#C4BB57 #57C4BB #BB57C4

tetradic

#C4BB57 #57C484 #5760C4 #C45796

square

#C4BB57 #57C484 #5760C4 #C45796

split-complementary

#C4BB57 #5796C4 #8457C4

monochromatic

#77702A #A49B3A #C4BB57 #D4CD84 #E4E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C4BB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB57

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB57	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)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.122 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf8a',
    500: '#c4bb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb57;
$custom-light: #d8cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77941,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB57

secondary

#A5A8D2

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB57

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

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