#C0AE50#C0AE50

#C0AE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE50
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -5.23, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 49.93, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0174 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.116 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3237, 42.0594, 13.6875)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE50 #5062C0

analogous

#C07650 #C0AE50 #9AC050

triadic

#C0AE50 #50C0AE #AE50C0

tetradic

#C0AE50 #50C076 #5062C0 #C0509A

square

#C0AE50 #50C076 #5062C0 #C0509A

split-complementary

#C0AE50 #509AC0 #7650C0

monochromatic

#6E6328 #9B8B38 #C0AE50 #D0C37D #E0D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C0AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C0AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE50

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE50	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c584',
    500: '#c0ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae50;
$custom-light: #d6c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74746,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE50

secondary

#9EA6CE

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE50

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

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