#C4C12A#C4C12A

#C4C12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.159 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C12A
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -15.36, 69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 71.37, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0502 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.159 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2545, 50.0443, 9.6238)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C12A #2A2DC4

analogous

#C4742A #C4C12A #7AC42A

triadic

#C4C12A #2AC4C1 #C12AC4

tetradic

#C4C12A #2AC474 #2A2DC4 #C42A7A

square

#C4C12A #2AC474 #2A2DC4 #C42A7A

split-complementary

#C4C12A #2A7AC4 #742AC4

monochromatic

#5F5E14 #928F1F #C4C12A #DAD751 #E5E384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4C12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C4C12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C12A

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C12A	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.159 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad371',
    500: '#c4c12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c12a;
$custom-light: #dad371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.831,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78867,
    "c": 0.15943,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C12A

secondary

#28296A

accent

#43E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C12A

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

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