#C4A12F#C4A12F

#C4A12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.132 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A12F
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 1.50, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 60.33, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0022 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.132 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0250, 37.4330, 8.0166)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A12F #2F52C4

analogous

#C4562F #C4A12F #9CC42F

triadic

#C4A12F #2FC4A1 #A12FC4

tetradic

#C4A12F #2FC456 #2F52C4 #C42F9C

square

#C4A12F #2FC456 #2F52C4 #C42F9C

split-complementary

#C4A12F #2F9CC4 #562FC4

monochromatic

#615017 #937823 #C4A12F #D7BA59 #E3CE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C4A12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#C4A12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A12F

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A12F	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.132 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabc70',
    500: '#c4a12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a12f;
$custom-light: #dabc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72132,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A12F

secondary

#8293CD

accent

#69E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A12F

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

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