#C0B259#C0B259

#C0B259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0B259
RGB	rgb(192, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -6.62, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 47.18, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0203 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.112 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4631, 43.7700, 15.8190)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0B259 #5967C0

analogous

#C07F59 #C0B259 #9AC059

triadic

#C0B259 #59C0B2 #B259C0

tetradic

#C0B259 #59C07F #5967C0 #C0599A

square

#C0B259 #59C07F #5967C0 #C0599A

split-complementary

#C0B259 #599AC0 #7F59C0

monochromatic

#73692C #9F923C #C0B259 #D1C785 #E2DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C0B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C0B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0B259

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0B259	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c88a',
    500: '#c0b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0b259;
$custom-light: #d5c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75699,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0B259

secondary

#A5ABD0

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0B259

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

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