#C4CB38#C4CB38

#C4CB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.162 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CB38
RGB	rgb(196, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -19.78, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 70.68, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0613 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.162 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8361, 54.7342, 11.9435)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CB38 #3F38CB

analogous

#CB8838 #C4CB38 #7ACB38

triadic

#C4CB38 #38C4CB #CB38C4

tetradic

#C4CB38 #38CB88 #3F38CB #CB387A

square

#C4CB38 #38CB88 #3F38CB #CB387A

split-complementary

#C4CB38 #387ACB #8838CB

monochromatic

#686C1C #979D29 #C4CB38 #D2D869 #E1E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C4CB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#C4CB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CB38

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CB38	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.162 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da79',
    500: '#c4cb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cb38;
$custom-light: #d9da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81121,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CB38

secondary

#353176

accent

#46E24D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CB38

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

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