#C0A240#C0A240

#C0A240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A240
RGB	rgb(192, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 0.07, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 53.30, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0041 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.121 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5858, 37.4193, 10.1978)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A240 #405EC0

analogous

#C06240 #C0A240 #9EC040

triadic

#C0A240 #40C0A2 #A240C0

tetradic

#C0A240 #40C062 #405EC0 #C0409E

square

#C0A240 #40C062 #405EC0 #C0409E

split-complementary

#C0A240 #409EC0 #6240C0

monochromatic

#645521 #927B30 #C0A240 #CFB86E #DECF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C0A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C0A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A240

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A240	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd79',
    500: '#c0a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a240;
$custom-light: #d6bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72072,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A240

secondary

#919FCB

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A240

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

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