#C0AE53#C0AE53

#C0AE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0AE53
RGB	rgb(192, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 56.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -5.01, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 48.54, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0164 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.114 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4370, 42.1047, 14.2843)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0AE53 #5365C0

analogous

#C07853 #C0AE53 #9CC053

triadic

#C0AE53 #53C0AE #AE53C0

tetradic

#C0AE53 #53C078 #5365C0 #C0539C

square

#C0AE53 #53C078 #5365C0 #C0539C

split-complementary

#C0AE53 #539CC0 #7853C0

monochromatic

#706429 #9C8C39 #C0AE53 #D0C380 #E1D8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C0AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C0AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0AE53

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0AE53	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c586',
    500: '#c0ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0ae53;
$custom-light: #d5c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74781,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0AE53

secondary

#A0A8CF

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0AE53

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

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