#C0A038#C0A038

#C0A038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A038
RGB	rgb(192, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 0.70, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 56.10, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0032 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.125 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0247, 36.6357, 8.9672)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A038 #3858C0

analogous

#C05C38 #C0A038 #9CC038

triadic

#C0A038 #38C0A0 #A038C0

tetradic

#C0A038 #38C05C #3858C0 #C0389C

square

#C0A038 #38C05C #3858C0 #C0389C

split-complementary

#C0A038 #389CC0 #5C38C0

monochromatic

#61511C #91792A #C0A038 #D2B864 #DFCD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C0A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C0A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A038

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A038	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bb75',
    500: '#c0a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a038;
$custom-light: #d7bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71587,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A038

secondary

#8999CB

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A038

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

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