#C4CB40#C4CB40

#C4CB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.157 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CB40
RGB	rgb(196, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -19.37, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 67.88, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0595 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.157 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0477, 54.8188, 13.0576)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CB40 #4740CB

analogous

#CB8D40 #C4CB40 #7ECB40

triadic

#C4CB40 #40C4CB #CB40C4

tetradic

#C4CB40 #40CB8D #4740CB #CB407E

square

#C4CB40 #40CB8D #4740CB #CB407E

split-complementary

#C4CB40 #407ECB #8D40CB

monochromatic

#6D721F #9CA22C #C4CB40 #D3D870 #E2E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C4CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C4CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CB40

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CB40	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.157 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da7d',
    500: '#c4cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cb40;
$custom-light: #d9da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81176,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CB40

secondary

#38357B

accent

#47E04F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CB40

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

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