Information about #C1C412 color

#C1C412 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C1C412 falls into the Yellow Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(193, 196, 18) — 75.7% red, 76.9% green, 7.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 70 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #C1C412 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Puke Yellow (#C2BE0E). Slightly further away sit La Rioja (#BAC00E) and Vomit Yellow (#C7C10C).

In RGB terms — rgb(193, 196, 18) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 11.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C1C412 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C1C412 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#C1C412 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #C1C412

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Puke Yellow color link
Puke Yellow

#C2BE0E

La Rioja color link
La Rioja

#BAC00E

Vomit Yellow color link
Vomit Yellow

#C7C10C

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Dirty Yellow color link
Dirty Yellow

#CDC50A

Olive Yellow color link
Olive Yellow

#C2B709

Key Lime Pie color link
Key Lime Pie

#BFC921

Bile color link
Bile

#B5C306

Neva color link
Neva

#C6D60D

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Alo color link
Alo

#D1CB1B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C1C412
  • RGB193, 196, 18
  • CMYK1, 0, 70, 23
  • CSSrgb(193, 196, 18)
  • HSL61°, 83%, 42%
  • HSL Precise61.011°, 83.178%, 41.961%
  • HSV61°, 91%, 77%
  • HSB61°, 91%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.757
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.071
  • GLSLvec3(0.757, 0.769, 0.071)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.757, 0.769, 0.071, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.757, 0.769, 0.071)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB75.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB7.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC1C412
  • DECIMAL ID12698642
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01