#C4C12D#C4C12D

#C4C12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.158 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4C12D
RGB	rgb(196, 193, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -15.25, 68.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 70.49, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0497 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.158 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3102, 50.0666, 9.9172)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4C12D #2D30C4

analogous

#C4762D #C4C12D #7CC42D

triadic

#C4C12D #2DC4C1 #C12DC4

tetradic

#C4C12D #2DC476 #2D30C4 #C42D7C

square

#C4C12D #2DC476 #2D30C4 #C42D7C

split-complementary

#C4C12D #2D7CC4 #762DC4

monochromatic

#605F16 #929022 #C4C12D #D8D656 #E4E288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C4C12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C4C12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4C12D

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4C12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4C12D	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)

#D4BE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4c12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 193, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.158 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad373',
    500: '#c4c12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4c12d;
$custom-light: #dad373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4c12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.808,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78883,
    "c": 0.15801,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4C12D

secondary

#2A2B6B

accent

#45E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4C12D

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

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