#C0AE42#C0AE42

#C0AE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE42
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -6.18, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 56.14, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0218 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8593, 41.8736, 11.2414)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE42 #4254C0

analogous

#C06F42 #C0AE42 #93C042

triadic

#C0AE42 #42C0AE #AE42C0

tetradic

#C0AE42 #42C06F #4254C0 #C04293

square

#C0AE42 #42C06F #4254C0 #C04293

split-complementary

#C0AE42 #4293C0 #6F42C0

monochromatic

#665C22 #948631 #C0AE42 #CFC270 #DFD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C0AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C0AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE42

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE42	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)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57c',
    500: '#c0ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae42;
$custom-light: #d6c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74604,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE42

secondary

#939BCB

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE42

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

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