#C0A550#C0A550

#C0A550 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A550
RGB	rgb(192, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 58.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -0.46, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 46.94, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0036 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.109 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6429, 38.6978, 13.1272)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A550 #506BC0

analogous

#C06D50 #C0A550 #A3C050

triadic

#C0A550 #50C0A5 #A550C0

tetradic

#C0A550 #50C06D #506BC0 #C050A3

square

#C0A550 #50C06D #506BC0 #C050A3

split-complementary

#C0A550 #50A3C0 #6D50C0

monochromatic

#6E5D28 #9B8338 #C0A550 #D0BC7D #E0D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C0A550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C0A550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A550

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A550	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf84',
    500: '#c0a550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a550;
$custom-light: #d6bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A550

secondary

#9EA9CE

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A550

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

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