#C0A231#C0A231

#C0A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A231
RGB	rgb(192, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 74.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -0.71, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 59.32, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0081 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.131 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2149, 37.2709, 8.2443)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A231 #314FC0

analogous

#C05B31 #C0A231 #96C031

triadic

#C0A231 #31C0A2 #A231C0

tetradic

#C0A231 #31C05B #314FC0 #C03196

square

#C0A231 #31C05B #314FC0 #C03196

split-complementary

#C0A231 #3196C0 #5B31C0

monochromatic

#5E5018 #8F7925 #C0A231 #D5BB59 #E1CF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C0A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C0A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A231

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A231	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bd71',
    500: '#c0a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a231;
$custom-light: #d7bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71949,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A231

secondary

#8291CB

accent

#66E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A231

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

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