#C4A12C#C4A12C

#C4A12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A12C
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 77.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 1.38, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 61.39, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0028 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.134 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9665, 37.4096, 7.7088)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A12C #2C4FC4

analogous

#C4552C #C4A12C #9BC42C

triadic

#C4A12C #2CC4A1 #A12CC4

tetradic

#C4A12C #2CC455 #2C4FC4 #C42C9B

square

#C4A12C #2CC455 #2C4FC4 #C42C9B

split-complementary

#C4A12C #2C9BC4 #552CC4

monochromatic

#604F16 #927821 #C4A12C #D9BA54 #E4CE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C4A12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C4A12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A12C

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A12C	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc6f',
    500: '#c4a12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a12c;
$custom-light: #dabc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72112,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A12C

secondary

#7E91CD

accent

#67E641

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A12C

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

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