#C0AE49#C0AE49

#C0AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.123 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE49
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 62%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -5.73, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 53.11, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0197 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.123 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0784, 41.9613, 12.3956)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE49 #495BC0

analogous

#C07349 #C0AE49 #97C049

triadic

#C0AE49 #49C0AE #AE49C0

tetradic

#C0AE49 #49C073 #495BC0 #C04997

square

#C0AE49 #49C073 #495BC0 #C04997

split-complementary

#C0AE49 #4997C0 #7349C0

monochromatic

#6A5F25 #978834 #C0AE49 #D0C276 #DFD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C0AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C0AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE49

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE49	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.123 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c580',
    500: '#c0ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae49;
$custom-light: #d6c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE49

secondary

#98A0CC

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE49

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

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