#C0A840#C0A840

#C0A840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A840
RGB	rgb(192, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -3.13, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 55.05, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0133 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6680, 39.5837, 10.5585)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A840 #4058C0

analogous

#C06840 #C0A840 #98C040

triadic

#C0A840 #40C0A8 #A840C0

tetradic

#C0A840 #40C068 #4058C0 #C04098

square

#C0A840 #40C068 #4058C0 #C04098

split-complementary

#C0A840 #4098C0 #6840C0

monochromatic

#645821 #928030 #C0A840 #CFBD6E #DED29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C0A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C0A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A840

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A840	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c17a',
    500: '#c0a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a840;
$custom-light: #d6c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73322,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A840

secondary

#919CCB

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A840

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

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