#C0AA42#C0AA42

#C0AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AA42
RGB	rgb(192, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -4.07, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 54.83, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0157 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0980, 40.3511, 10.9877)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AA42 #4258C0

analogous

#C06B42 #C0AA42 #97C042

triadic

#C0AA42 #42C0AA #AA42C0

tetradic

#C0AA42 #42C06B #4258C0 #C04297

square

#C0AA42 #42C06B #4258C0 #C04297

split-complementary

#C0AA42 #4297C0 #6B42C0

monochromatic

#665A22 #948231 #C0AA42 #CFBF70 #DFD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C0AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C0AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AA42

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AA42	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c37b',
    500: '#c0aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0aa42;
$custom-light: #d6c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7376,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AA42

secondary

#939DCB

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AA42

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

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