#C0B438#C0B438

#C0B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0B438
RGB	rgb(192, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -9.86, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 62.18, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0333 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7749, 44.1361, 10.2173)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0B438 #3844C0

analogous

#C07038 #C0B438 #88C038

triadic

#C0B438 #38C0B4 #B438C0

tetradic

#C0B438 #38C070 #3844C0 #C03888

square

#C0B438 #38C070 #3844C0 #C03888

split-complementary

#C0B438 #3888C0 #7038C0

monochromatic

#615B1C #91882A #C0B438 #D2C864 #DFD993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C0B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C0B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0B438

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0B438	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca77',
    500: '#c0b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0b438;
$custom-light: #d7ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.758,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0B438

secondary

#898FCB

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0B438

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

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