#C0AD45#C0AD45

#C0AD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AD45
RGB	rgb(192, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -5.47, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 54.52, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0194 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7576, 41.5250, 11.6554)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AD45 #4558C0

analogous

#C06F45 #C0AD45 #95C045

triadic

#C0AD45 #45C0AD #AD45C0

tetradic

#C0AD45 #45C06F #4558C0 #C04595

square

#C0AD45 #45C06F #4558C0 #C04595

split-complementary

#C0AD45 #4595C0 #6F45C0

monochromatic

#685D23 #958633 #C0AD45 #CFC173 #DFD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C0AD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C0AD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AD45

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AD45	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57d',
    500: '#c0ad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ad45;
$custom-light: #d6c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7442,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AD45

secondary

#959ECC

accent

#64D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AD45

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

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