#C0B231#C0B231

#C0B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0B231
RGB	rgb(192, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 74.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -9.15, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 64.03, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.032 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2147, 43.2706, 9.2443)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0B231 #313FC0

analogous

#C06B31 #C0B231 #86C031

triadic

#C0B231 #31C0B2 #B231C0

tetradic

#C0B231 #31C06B #313FC0 #C03186

square

#C0B231 #31C06B #313FC0 #C03186

split-complementary

#C0B231 #3186C0 #6B31C0

monochromatic

#5E5818 #8F8525 #C0B231 #D5C959 #E1D98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C0B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C0B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0B231

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0B231	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c873',
    500: '#c0b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0b231;
$custom-light: #d7c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75324,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0B231

secondary

#8289CB

accent

#55E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0B231

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

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