#C0B255#C0B255

#C0B255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0B255
RGB	rgb(192, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 55.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -6.95, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 49.07, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0217 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.115 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2997, 43.7046, 14.9583)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0B255 #5563C0

analogous

#C07D55 #C0B255 #98C055

triadic

#C0B255 #55C0B2 #B255C0

tetradic

#C0B255 #55C07D #5563C0 #C05598

square

#C0B255 #55C07D #5563C0 #C05598

split-complementary

#C0B255 #5598C0 #7D55C0

monochromatic

#71682A #9D903A #C0B255 #D1C682 #E1DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C0B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C0B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0B255

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0B255	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c888',
    500: '#c0b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0b255;
$custom-light: #d5c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7565,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0B255

secondary

#A2A8CF

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0B255

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

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