#C0AE31#C0AE31

#C0AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE31
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 74.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -7.06, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 62.76, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0261 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4304, 41.7021, 8.9828)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE31 #3143C0

analogous

#C06731 #C0AE31 #8AC031

triadic

#C0AE31 #31C0AE #AE31C0

tetradic

#C0AE31 #31C067 #3143C0 #C0318A

square

#C0AE31 #31C067 #3143C0 #C0318A

split-complementary

#C0AE31 #318AC0 #6731C0

monochromatic

#5E5618 #8F8225 #C0AE31 #D5C559 #E1D68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C0AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C0AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE31

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE31	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c572',
    500: '#c0ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae31;
$custom-light: #d7c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74471,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE31

secondary

#828BCB

accent

#59E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE31

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

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