#C0A642#C0A642

#C0A642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A642
RGB	rgb(192, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -1.95, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 53.59, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0096 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.122 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3595, 38.8741, 10.7415)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A642 #425CC0

analogous

#C06742 #C0A642 #9BC042

triadic

#C0A642 #42C0A6 #A642C0

tetradic

#C0A642 #42C067 #425CC0 #C0429B

square

#C0A642 #42C067 #425CC0 #C0429B

split-complementary

#C0A642 #429BC0 #6742C0

monochromatic

#665822 #947F31 #C0A642 #CFBC70 #DFD19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C0A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C0A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A642

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A642	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c07b',
    500: '#c0a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a642;
$custom-light: #d6c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A642

secondary

#939ECB

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A642

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

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