#C0AE43#C0AE43

#C0AE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE43
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -6.12, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 55.72, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0215 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8890, 41.8855, 11.3980)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE43 #4355C0

analogous

#C06F43 #C0AE43 #93C043

triadic

#C0AE43 #43C0AE #AE43C0

tetradic

#C0AE43 #43C06F #4355C0 #C04393

square

#C0AE43 #43C06F #4355C0 #C04393

split-complementary

#C0AE43 #4393C0 #6F43C0

monochromatic

#665D22 #948632 #C0AE43 #CFC271 #DFD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C0AE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C0AE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE43

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE43	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57c',
    500: '#c0ae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae43;
$custom-light: #d6c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74613,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE43

secondary

#949CCB

accent

#62D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE43

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

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