#C0B538#C0B538

#C0B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0B538
RGB	rgb(192, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -10.37, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 62.52, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0348 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9775, 44.5413, 10.2848)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0B538 #3843C0

analogous

#C07138 #C0B538 #87C038

triadic

#C0B538 #38C0B5 #B538C0

tetradic

#C0B538 #38C071 #3843C0 #C03887

square

#C0B538 #38C071 #3843C0 #C03887

split-complementary

#C0B538 #3887C0 #7138C0

monochromatic

#615C1C #91882A #C0B538 #D2C964 #DFD993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C0B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C0B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0B538

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0B538	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)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca77',
    500: '#c0b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0b538;
$custom-light: #d7ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76014,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0B538

secondary

#898FCB

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0B538

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

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