#C0AE39#C0AE39

#C0AE39 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	#C0AE39
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -6.68, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 59.79, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0242 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6145, 41.7757, 9.9523)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE39 #394BC0

analogous

#C06B39 #C0AE39 #8FC039

triadic

#C0AE39 #39C0AE #AE39C0

tetradic

#C0AE39 #39C06B #394BC0 #C0398F

square

#C0AE39 #39C06B #394BC0 #C0398F

split-complementary

#C0AE39 #398FC0 #6B39C0

monochromatic

#62581D #91832B #C0AE39 #D1C365 #DFD594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C0AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C0AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE39

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE39	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BEA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c577',
    500: '#c0ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae39;
$custom-light: #d7c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 54.217,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74528,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE39

secondary

#8A93CB

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE39

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

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