#C0AE46#C0AE46

#C0AE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE46
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 63.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -5.93, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 54.43, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0206 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9813, 41.9224, 11.8844)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE46 #4658C0

analogous

#C07146 #C0AE46 #95C046

triadic

#C0AE46 #46C0AE #AE46C0

tetradic

#C0AE46 #46C071 #4658C0 #C04695

square

#C0AE46 #46C071 #4658C0 #C04695

split-complementary

#C0AE46 #4695C0 #7146C0

monochromatic

#685E23 #968733 #C0AE46 #D0C274 #DFD6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C0AE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C0AE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE46

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE46	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)

#BEA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c57e',
    500: '#c0ae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae46;
$custom-light: #d6c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74641,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE46

secondary

#969ECC

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE46

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

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