#C4A12E#C4A12E

#C4A12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.133 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A12E
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 1.46, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 60.69, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0024 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.133 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.0051, 37.4250, 7.9116)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A12E #2E51C4

analogous

#C4562E #C4A12E #9CC42E

triadic

#C4A12E #2EC4A1 #A12EC4

tetradic

#C4A12E #2EC456 #2E51C4 #C42E9C

square

#C4A12E #2EC456 #2E51C4 #C42E9C

split-complementary

#C4A12E #2E9CC4 #562EC4

monochromatic

#615017 #927822 #C4A12E #D8BA58 #E3CE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C4A12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C4A12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A12E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A12E	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)

#B49F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.133 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc6f',
    500: '#c4a12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a12e;
$custom-light: #dabc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.37423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A12E

secondary

#8193CD

accent

#69E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A12E

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

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