#C0A040#C0A040

#C0A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A040
RGB	rgb(192, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 1.14, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 52.75, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.001 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.119 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2363, 36.7203, 10.0813)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A040 #4060C0

analogous

#C06040 #C0A040 #A0C040

triadic

#C0A040 #40C0A0 #A040C0

tetradic

#C0A040 #40C060 #4060C0 #C040A0

square

#C0A040 #40C060 #4060C0 #C040A0

split-complementary

#C0A040 #40A0C0 #6040C0

monochromatic

#645421 #927A30 #C0A040 #CFB76E #DECE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C0A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C0A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A040

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A040	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb79',
    500: '#c0a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a040;
$custom-light: #d6bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71658,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A040

secondary

#91A0CB

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A040

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

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