#C4CB42#C4CB42

#C4CB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.156 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CB42
RGB	rgb(196, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -19.27, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 67.14, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.059 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.156 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1056, 54.8420, 13.3627)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CB42 #4942CB

analogous

#CB8E42 #C4CB42 #7FCB42

triadic

#C4CB42 #42C4CB #CB42C4

tetradic

#C4CB42 #42CB8E #4942CB #CB427F

square

#C4CB42 #42CB8E #4942CB #CB427F

split-complementary

#C4CB42 #427FCB #8E42CB

monochromatic

#6F7320 #9DA32D #C4CB42 #D3D872 #E2E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C4CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C4CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CB42

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CB42	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.156 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da7e',
    500: '#c4cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cb42;
$custom-light: #d9da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81191,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CB42

secondary

#39357C

accent

#48E04F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CB42

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

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