#C0A142#C0A142

#C0A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A142
RGB	rgb(192, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 0.72, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 52.15, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0019 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.119 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4682, 37.0916, 10.4444)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A142 #4261C0

analogous

#C06242 #C0A142 #A0C042

triadic

#C0A142 #42C0A1 #A142C0

tetradic

#C0A142 #42C062 #4261C0 #C042A0

square

#C0A142 #42C062 #4261C0 #C042A0

split-complementary

#C0A142 #42A0C0 #6242C0

monochromatic

#665522 #947B31 #C0A142 #CFB870 #DFCF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C0A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C0A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A142

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A142	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bc7b',
    500: '#c0a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a142;
$custom-light: #d6bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A142

secondary

#93A1CB

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A142

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

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