#C0AE35#C0AE35

#C0AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE35
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 72.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -6.88, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 61.31, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0252 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.137 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5186, 41.7373, 9.4473)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE35 #3547C0

analogous

#C06835 #C0AE35 #8CC035

triadic

#C0AE35 #35C0AE #AE35C0

tetradic

#C0AE35 #35C068 #3547C0 #C0358C

square

#C0AE35 #35C068 #3547C0 #C0358C

split-complementary

#C0AE35 #358CC0 #6835C0

monochromatic

#60571B #908328 #C0AE35 #D3C45F #E0D68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C0AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C0AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE35

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE35	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c574',
    500: '#c0ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae35;
$custom-light: #d7c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74499,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE35

secondary

#868FCB

accent

#5CE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE35

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

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