#C4A12D#C4A12D

#C4A12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.133 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A12D
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 1.42, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 61.04, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0026 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.133 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9856, 37.4172, 7.8090)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A12D #2D50C4

analogous

#C4562D #C4A12D #9BC42D

triadic

#C4A12D #2DC4A1 #A12DC4

tetradic

#C4A12D #2DC456 #2D50C4 #C42D9B

square

#C4A12D #2DC456 #2D50C4 #C42D9B

split-complementary

#C4A12D #2D9BC4 #562DC4

monochromatic

#604F16 #927822 #C4A12D #D8BA56 #E4CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C4A12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C4A12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A12D

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A12D	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)

#B49F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.133 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc6f',
    500: '#c4a12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a12d;
$custom-light: #dabc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72119,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A12D

secondary

#8092CD

accent

#68E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A12D

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

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