#C0A838#C0A838

#C0A838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A838
RGB	rgb(192, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -3.57, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 58.32, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0155 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.131 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4565, 39.4991, 9.4444)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A838 #3850C0

analogous

#C06438 #C0A838 #94C038

triadic

#C0A838 #38C0A8 #A838C0

tetradic

#C0A838 #38C064 #3850C0 #C03894

square

#C0A838 #38C064 #3850C0 #C03894

split-complementary

#C0A838 #3894C0 #6438C0

monochromatic

#61551C #917F2A #C0A838 #D2BE64 #DFD293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C0A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C0A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A838

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A838	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c175',
    500: '#c0a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a838;
$custom-light: #d7c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73254,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A838

secondary

#8995CB

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A838

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

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