#C4C524#C4C524

#C4C524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.166 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C524
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -17.56, 72.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 74.33, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0567 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.166 110)
XYZ	xyz(43.0513, 51.7970, 9.3987)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C524 #2524C5

analogous

#C57624 #C4C524 #73C524

triadic

#C4C524 #24C4C5 #C524C4

tetradic

#C4C524 #24C576 #2524C5 #C52473

square

#C4C524 #24C576 #2524C5 #C52473

split-complementary

#C4C524 #2473C5 #7624C5

monochromatic

#5D5E11 #91911B #C4C524 #DDDE49 #E6E77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C4C524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C524

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C524	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.166 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad670',
    500: '#c4c524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c524;
$custom-light: #dad670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.373,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79709,
    "c": 0.16573,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.51796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C524

secondary

#252469

accent

#3CEC3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C524

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

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