#C0C538#C0C538

#C0C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.157 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0C538
RGB	rgb(192, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -18.48, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 68.43, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0575 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.157 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4197, 51.4256, 11.4322)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0C538 #3D38C5

analogous

#C58438 #C0C538 #79C538

triadic

#C0C538 #38C0C5 #C538C0

tetradic

#C0C538 #38C584 #3D38C5 #C53879

square

#C0C538 #38C584 #3D38C5 #C53879

split-complementary

#C0C538 #3879C5 #8438C5

monochromatic

#63661D #92952A #C0C538 #D0D467 #DFE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C0C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C0C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0C538

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0C538	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.157 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d678',
    500: '#c0c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0c538;
$custom-light: #d7d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.128,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79483,
    "c": 0.15679,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0C538

secondary

#333170

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0C538

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

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