#C0AA38#C0AA38

#C0AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AA38
RGB	rgb(192, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -4.63, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 58.92, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0185 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.8285, 40.2433, 9.5685)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AA38 #384EC0

analogous

#C06638 #C0AA38 #92C038

triadic

#C0AA38 #38C0AA #AA38C0

tetradic

#C0AA38 #38C066 #384EC0 #C03892

square

#C0AA38 #38C066 #384EC0 #C03892

split-complementary

#C0AA38 #3892C0 #6638C0

monochromatic

#61561C #91802A #C0AA38 #D2C064 #DFD393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C0AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C0AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AA38

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AA38	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c276',
    500: '#c0aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0aa38;
$custom-light: #d7c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.40241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AA38

secondary

#8994CB

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AA38

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

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