#C0A540#C0A540

#C0A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A540
RGB	rgb(192, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -1.54, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 54.15, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0087 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.123 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1205, 38.4888, 10.3760)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A540 #405BC0

analogous

#C06540 #C0A540 #9BC040

triadic

#C0A540 #40C0A5 #A540C0

tetradic

#C0A540 #40C065 #405BC0 #C0409B

square

#C0A540 #40C065 #405BC0 #C0409B

split-complementary

#C0A540 #409BC0 #6540C0

monochromatic

#645621 #927E30 #C0A540 #CFBB6E #DED09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C0A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C0A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A540

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A540	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf7a',
    500: '#c0a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a540;
$custom-light: #d6bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A540

secondary

#919DCB

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A540

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

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