#C0A431#C0A431

#C0A431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.132 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A431
RGB	rgb(192, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 74.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -1.78, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 59.85, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0111 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.132 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5700, 37.9811, 8.3627)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A431 #314DC0

analogous

#C05D31 #C0A431 #94C031

triadic

#C0A431 #31C0A4 #A431C0

tetradic

#C0A431 #31C05D #314DC0 #C03194

square

#C0A431 #31C05D #314DC0 #C03194

split-complementary

#C0A431 #3194C0 #5D31C0

monochromatic

#5E5118 #8F7A25 #C0A431 #D5BD59 #E1D08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C0A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C0A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A431

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A431	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.132 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7be71',
    500: '#c0a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a431;
$custom-light: #d7be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A431

secondary

#8290CB

accent

#64E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A431

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

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