#C0AC38#C0AC38

#C0AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.134 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AC38
RGB	rgb(192, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -5.68, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 59.54, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0215 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.134 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2063, 40.9988, 9.6944)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AC38 #384CC0

analogous

#C06838 #C0AC38 #90C038

triadic

#C0AC38 #38C0AC #AC38C0

tetradic

#C0AC38 #38C068 #384CC0 #C03890

square

#C0AC38 #38C068 #384CC0 #C03890

split-complementary

#C0AC38 #3890C0 #6838C0

monochromatic

#61571C #91822A #C0AC38 #D2C164 #DFD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C0AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C0AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AC38

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AC38	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.134 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c476',
    500: '#c0ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ac38;
$custom-light: #d7c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74097,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AC38

secondary

#8993CB

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AC38

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

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