#C4CB59#C4CB59

#C4CB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4CB59
RGB	rgb(196, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -17.73, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 57.71, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0523 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.138 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9251, 55.1698, 17.6788)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4CB59 #6059CB

analogous

#CB9959 #C4CB59 #8BCB59

triadic

#C4CB59 #59C4CB #CB59C4

tetradic

#C4CB59 #59CB99 #6059CB #CB598B

square

#C4CB59 #59CB99 #6059CB #CB598B

split-complementary

#C4CB59 #598BCB #9959CB

monochromatic

#7C8128 #A8B037 #C4CB59 #D5DA88 #E5E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C4CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#C4CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4CB59

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4CB59	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8da8c',
    500: '#c4cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4cb59;
$custom-light: #d8da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.684,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81403,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4CB59

secondary

#443F89

accent

#4CDC55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4CB59

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

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