#C4BB59#C4BB59

#C4BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.120 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4BB59
RGB	rgb(196, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -9.62, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 50.92, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0292 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.12 104)
XYZ	xyz(42.3397, 47.9991, 16.4837)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4BB59 #5962C4

analogous

#C48559 #C4BB59 #97C459

triadic

#C4BB59 #59C4BB #BB59C4

tetradic

#C4BB59 #59C485 #5962C4 #C45997

square

#C4BB59 #59C485 #5962C4 #C45997

split-complementary

#C4BB59 #5997C4 #8559C4

monochromatic

#78712B #A59C3B #C4BB59 #D4CD86 #E4E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C4BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C4BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4BB59

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4BB59	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.120 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf8b',
    500: '#c4bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4bb59;
$custom-light: #d8cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.47998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4BB59

secondary

#A6AAD3

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4BB59

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

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