#C0AE38#C0AE38

#C0AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE38
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -6.73, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 60.18, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0244 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5898, 41.7658, 9.8222)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE38 #384AC0

analogous

#C06A38 #C0AE38 #8EC038

triadic

#C0AE38 #38C0AE #AE38C0

tetradic

#C0AE38 #38C06A #384AC0 #C0388E

square

#C0AE38 #38C06A #384AC0 #C0388E

split-complementary

#C0AE38 #388EC0 #6A38C0

monochromatic

#61581C #91832A #C0AE38 #D2C364 #DFD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C0AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C0AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE38

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE38	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)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c576',
    500: '#c0ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae38;
$custom-light: #d7c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74521,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE38

secondary

#8992CB

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE38

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

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