#C4C526#C4C526

#C4C526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.165 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C526
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -17.50, 71.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 73.83, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0564 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.165 110)
XYZ	xyz(43.0827, 51.8095, 9.5641)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C526 #2726C5

analogous

#C57626 #C4C526 #74C526

triadic

#C4C526 #26C4C5 #C526C4

tetradic

#C4C526 #26C576 #2726C5 #C52674

square

#C4C526 #26C576 #2726C5 #C52674

split-complementary

#C4C526 #2674C5 #7626C5

monochromatic

#5E5E12 #91921C #C4C526 #DCDC4C #E6E67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C4C526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C526

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C526	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)

#D7C135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.165 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad670',
    500: '#c4c526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c526;
$custom-light: #dad670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.377,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79717,
    "c": 0.16492,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.51808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C526

secondary

#26266A

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C526

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

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