#C0AA48#C0AA48

#C0AA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AA48
RGB	rgb(192, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -3.69, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 52.21, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0139 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.12 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2843, 40.4256, 11.9687)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AA48 #485EC0

analogous

#C06E48 #C0AA48 #9AC048

triadic

#C0AA48 #48C0AA #AA48C0

tetradic

#C0AA48 #48C06E #485EC0 #C0489A

square

#C0AA48 #48C06E #485EC0 #C0489A

split-complementary

#C0AA48 #489AC0 #6E48C0

monochromatic

#695D24 #978534 #C0AA48 #D0BF76 #DFD4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C0AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C0AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AA48

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AA48	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)

#BAA63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c37f',
    500: '#c0aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0aa48;
$custom-light: #d6c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73818,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AA48

secondary

#98A1CC

accent

#69D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AA48

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

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