#C0BE42#C0BE42

#C0BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.143 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0BE42
RGB	rgb(192, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -14.44, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 61.99, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0452 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.143 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1365, 48.4280, 12.3338)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0BE42 #4244C0

analogous

#C07F42 #C0BE42 #83C042

triadic

#C0BE42 #42C0BE #BE42C0

tetradic

#C0BE42 #42C07F #4244C0 #C04283

square

#C0BE42 #42C07F #4244C0 #C04283

split-complementary

#C0BE42 #4283C0 #7F42C0

monochromatic

#666522 #949231 #C0BE42 #CFCE70 #DFDE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C0BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C0BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0BE42

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0BE42	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.143 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d17d',
    500: '#c0be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0be42;
$custom-light: #d6d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78032,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0BE42

secondary

#9394CB

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0BE42

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

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