#C0AE44#C0AE44

#C0AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE44
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -6.06, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 55.29, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0212 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9193, 41.8976, 11.5574)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE44 #4456C0

analogous

#C07044 #C0AE44 #94C044

triadic

#C0AE44 #44C0AE #AE44C0

tetradic

#C0AE44 #44C070 #4456C0 #C04494

square

#C0AE44 #44C070 #4456C0 #C04494

split-complementary

#C0AE44 #4494C0 #7044C0

monochromatic

#675D23 #958632 #C0AE44 #CFC272 #DFD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C0AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C0AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE44

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE44	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)

#BEA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57d',
    500: '#c0ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae44;
$custom-light: #d6c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74622,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE44

secondary

#949CCB

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE44

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

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