#C4C527#C4C527

#C4C527 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	#C4C527
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 80.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -17.47, 71.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 73.57, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0563 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.165 110)
XYZ	xyz(43.0991, 51.8161, 9.6503)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C527 #2827C5

analogous

#C57727 #C4C527 #75C527

triadic

#C4C527 #27C4C5 #C527C4

tetradic

#C4C527 #27C577 #2827C5 #C52775

square

#C4C527 #27C577 #2827C5 #C52775

split-complementary

#C4C527 #2775C5 #7727C5

monochromatic

#5E5F13 #91921D #C4C527 #DBDC4D #E5E680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C4C527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C527

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C527	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)

#D7C136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.165 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad671',
    500: '#c4c527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c527;
$custom-light: #dad671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.38,
    "s": 66.949,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79722,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.51815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C527

secondary

#27266A

accent

#3EEA3F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C527

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

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