#C0A42C#C0A42C

#C0A42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A42C
RGB	rgb(192, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 77.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -1.99, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 61.62, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0122 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.135 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4702, 37.9412, 7.8375)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A42C #2C48C0

analogous

#C05A2C #C0A42C #92C02C

triadic

#C0A42C #2CC0A4 #A42CC0

tetradic

#C0A42C #2CC05A #2C48C0 #C02C92

square

#C0A42C #2CC05A #2C48C0 #C02C92

split-complementary

#C0A42C #2C92C0 #5A2CC0

monochromatic

#5C4F15 #8E7921 #C0A42C #D7BE52 #E3D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C0A42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C0A42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A42C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A42C	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7be6f',
    500: '#c0a42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a42c;
$custom-light: #d7be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A42C

secondary

#7C8BCC

accent

#61E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A42C

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

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