#C0AE40#C0AE40

#C0AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE40
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -6.30, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 56.98, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0223 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8013, 41.8504, 10.9363)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE40 #4052C0

analogous

#C06E40 #C0AE40 #92C040

triadic

#C0AE40 #40C0AE #AE40C0

tetradic

#C0AE40 #40C06E #4052C0 #C04092

square

#C0AE40 #40C06E #4052C0 #C04092

split-complementary

#C0AE40 #4092C0 #6E40C0

monochromatic

#645B21 #928530 #C0AE40 #CFC26E #DED59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C0AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C0AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE40

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE40	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57a',
    500: '#c0ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae40;
$custom-light: #d6c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74586,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE40

secondary

#9199CB

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE40

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

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