#C0AA36#C0AA36

#C0AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C0AA36
RGBrgb(192, 170, 54)
HSLhsl(50, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(50, 72%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.63, -4.73, 59.51)
CIE-LCHlch(69.63, 59.69, 94.55°)
OKLaboklab(73.66% -0.019 0.132)
OKLCHoklch(73.66% 0.133 98.2)
XYZxyz(36.7806, 40.2241, 9.3160)
Luminance0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C0AA36 #364CC0
analogous
#C06536 #C0AA36 #91C036
triadic
#C0AA36 #36C0AA #AA36C0
tetradic
#C0AA36 #36C065 #364CC0 #C03691
square
#C0AA36 #36C065 #364CC0 #C03691
split-complementary
#C0AA36 #3691C0 #6536C0
monochromatic
#60551B #908029 #C0AA36 #D2C061 #E0D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#C0AA36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04
#C0AA36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AA36
9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C0AA36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C0AA361.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA624
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AD3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF9D93
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c0aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 98.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c275',
    500: '#c0aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c0aa36;
$custom-light: #d7c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c0aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7366,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C0AA36
secondary
#8792CB
accent
#60DF48
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF7ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

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#C0AA36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva