#C0AA46#C0AA46

#C0AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AA46
RGB	rgb(192, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 63.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -3.82, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 53.09, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0145 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2201, 40.3999, 11.6306)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AA46 #465CC0

analogous

#C06D46 #C0AA46 #99C046

triadic

#C0AA46 #46C0AA #AA46C0

tetradic

#C0AA46 #46C06D #465CC0 #C04699

square

#C0AA46 #46C06D #465CC0 #C04699

split-complementary

#C0AA46 #4699C0 #6D46C0

monochromatic

#685C23 #968433 #C0AA46 #D0BF74 #DFD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C0AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C0AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AA46

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AA46	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c37e',
    500: '#c0aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0aa46;
$custom-light: #d6c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73798,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AA46

secondary

#96A0CC

accent

#68D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AA46

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

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