#C0B42B#C0B42B

#C0B42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.148 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0B42B
RGB	rgb(192, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 77.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -10.43, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 66.64, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0361 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.148 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4973, 44.0250, 8.7549)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0B42B #2B37C0

analogous

#C0692B #C0B42B #81C02B

triadic

#C0B42B #2BC0B4 #B42BC0

tetradic

#C0B42B #2BC069 #2B37C0 #C02B81

square

#C0B42B #2BC069 #2B37C0 #C02B81

split-complementary

#C0B42B #2B81C0 #692BC0

monochromatic

#5C5615 #8E8520 #C0B42B #D8CD50 #E3DB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C0B42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C0B42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0B42B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0B42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0B42B	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0b42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.148 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca70',
    500: '#c0b42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0b42b;
$custom-light: #d7ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0b42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 63.404,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0B42B

secondary

#7B81CC

accent

#4FE641

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0B42B

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

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