#C0AE37#C0AE37

#C0AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C0AE37
RGBrgb(192, 174, 55)
HSLhsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.4%, 71.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.70, -6.78, 60.18)
CIE-LCHlch(70.70, 60.56, 96.43°)
OKLaboklab(74.51% -0.0247 0.1336)
OKLCHoklch(74.51% 0.136 100.5)
XYZxyz(37.5656, 41.7561, 9.6947)
Luminance0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C0AE37 #3749C0
analogous
#C06937 #C0AE37 #8DC037
triadic
#C0AE37 #37C0AE #AE37C0
tetradic
#C0AE37 #37C069 #3749C0 #C0378D
square
#C0AE37 #37C069 #3749C0 #C0378D
split-complementary
#C0AE37 #378DC0 #6937C0
monochromatic
#61581C #908329 #C0AE37 #D2C362 #E0D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#C0AE37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35
#C0AE37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE37
9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C0AE37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C0AE371.002.259.359.35
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA924
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B03F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CFA196
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c0ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c575',
    500: '#c0ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c0ae37;
$custom-light: #d7c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c0ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C0AE37
secondary
#8891CB
accent
#5DDF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8ED
border
#D4D1C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE37

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#C0AE37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva