#C0B261#C0B261

#C0B261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.104 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0B261
RGB	rgb(192, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 49.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -5.92, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 43.30, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0174 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.104 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8175, 43.9117, 17.6853)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0B261 #616FC0

analogous

#C08361 #C0B261 #9FC061

triadic

#C0B261 #61C0B2 #B261C0

tetradic

#C0B261 #61C083 #616FC0 #C0619F

square

#C0B261 #61C083 #616FC0 #C0619F

split-complementary

#C0B261 #619FC0 #8361C0

monochromatic

#776D2F #A39441 #C0B261 #D1C78D #E3DDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C0B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C0B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0B261

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0B261	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.104 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c890',
    500: '#c0b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0b261;
$custom-light: #d5c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 42.986,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75805,
    "c": 0.10365,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0B261

secondary

#ABB1D2

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0B261

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →