#C0AE45#C0AE45

#C0AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE45
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -5.99, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 54.86, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0209 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9500, 41.9099, 11.7195)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE45 #4557C0

analogous

#C07045 #C0AE45 #94C045

triadic

#C0AE45 #45C0AE #AE45C0

tetradic

#C0AE45 #45C070 #4557C0 #C04594

square

#C0AE45 #45C070 #4557C0 #C04594

split-complementary

#C0AE45 #4594C0 #7045C0

monochromatic

#685E23 #958733 #C0AE45 #CFC273 #DFD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C0AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C0AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE45

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE45	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)

#BEA938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57d',
    500: '#c0ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae45;
$custom-light: #d6c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE45

secondary

#959DCC

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE45

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

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