#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
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 71.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -6.78, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 60.56, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0247 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5656, 41.7561, 9.6947)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C0AE37	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)

#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

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

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