#C0AA33#C0AA33

#C0AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AA33
RGB	rgb(192, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 73.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -4.87, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 60.82, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0197 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7123, 40.1968, 8.9563)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AA33 #3349C0

analogous

#C06333 #C0AA33 #90C033

triadic

#C0AA33 #33C0AA #AA33C0

tetradic

#C0AA33 #33C063 #3349C0 #C03390

square

#C0AA33 #33C063 #3349C0 #C03390

split-complementary

#C0AA33 #3390C0 #6333C0

monochromatic

#5F5419 #907F26 #C0AA33 #D4C15C #E1D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C0AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C0AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AA33

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AA33	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c273',
    500: '#c0aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0aa33;
$custom-light: #d7c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73638,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AA33

secondary

#848FCB

accent

#5FE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AA33

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

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