#C0B459#C0B459

#C0B459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0B459
RGB	rgb(192, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -7.67, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 47.96, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0233 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8639, 44.5717, 15.9526)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0B459 #5965C0

analogous

#C08159 #C0B459 #98C059

triadic

#C0B459 #59C0B4 #B459C0

tetradic

#C0B459 #59C081 #5965C0 #C05998

square

#C0B459 #59C081 #5965C0 #C05998

split-complementary

#C0B459 #5998C0 #8159C0

monochromatic

#736B2C #9F943C #C0B459 #D1C885 #E2DCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C0B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C0B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0B459

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0B459	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca8a',
    500: '#c0b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0b459;
$custom-light: #d5ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76123,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0B459

secondary

#A5AAD0

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0B459

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

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