#C4C528#C4C528

#C4C528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.164 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C528
RGB	rgb(196, 197, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -17.43, 71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 73.31, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0561 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.164 110)
XYZ	xyz(43.1159, 51.8228, 9.7387)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C528 #2928C5

analogous

#C57828 #C4C528 #76C528

triadic

#C4C528 #28C4C5 #C528C4

tetradic

#C4C528 #28C578 #2928C5 #C52876

square

#C4C528 #28C578 #2928C5 #C52876

split-complementary

#C4C528 #2876C5 #7828C5

monochromatic

#5F5F13 #91921E #C4C528 #DADB4F #E5E682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C4C528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C4C528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C528

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C528	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)

#D7C137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 197, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.164 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad671',
    500: '#c4c528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c528;
$custom-light: #dad671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.382,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.16409,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.51821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C528

secondary

#27276A

accent

#3FE940

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C528

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

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