#C0A856#C0A856

#C0A856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A856
RGB	rgb(192, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 55.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -1.59, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 45.05, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0062 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.106 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4220, 39.8854, 14.5298)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A856 #566EC0

analogous

#C07356 #C0A856 #A3C056

triadic

#C0A856 #56C0A8 #A856C0

tetradic

#C0A856 #56C073 #566EC0 #C056A3

square

#C0A856 #56C073 #566EC0 #C056A3

split-complementary

#C0A856 #56A3C0 #7356C0

monochromatic

#71612A #9E883B #C0A856 #D1BF83 #E1D6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C0A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C0A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A856

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A856	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c188',
    500: '#c0a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a856;
$custom-light: #d5c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73562,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A856

secondary

#A2ADCF

accent

#70D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A856

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

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