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Muted Yellow
#C0B38C

Muted Yellow (#C0B38C) with RGB(192, 179, 140) and HSL(45, 29%, 65%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

YellowLightwarm
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Interactive

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Values

Production-ready color values

Copy formats for CSS, handoff docs, tokens, and implementation.

HEX
#C0B38C
RGB
rgb(192, 179, 140)
HSL
hsl(45, 29%, 65%)
HSV
hsv(45, 27%, 75%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 7%, 27%, 25%)
Decimal
12628876
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
2.09:1
Aa
On black
10.07:1
Shades

Tonal scale

#1A170E#312C1B#52492D#73663F#948351#AE9D6B#C0B38C#CEC4A6#DED8C4#EFEBE1
90080070060050040030020010050
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
FAIL
Text
2.09:1
On Black
WCAG AA PASS
Text
10.07:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

Palette combinations from this base color

Open any harmony as a shareable palette route and keep refining from there.

Complementary
Open palette
#C0B38C#8C99C0
#C0B38C#8CC0B3#B38CC0
Analogous
Open palette
#C0998C#C0A68C#C0B38C#C0C08C#B3C08C
Split complementary
Open palette
#C0B38C#8CB3C0#998CC0
Tetradic
Open palette
#C0B38C#8CC099#8C99C0#C08CB3
Monochromatic
Open palette
#423A24#73663F#A4925B#C0B38C#DBD3BD
Analysis

Design expert profile

Detailed psychological and professional strategy for this specific tone.

Muted Yellow (#C0B38C) with RGB(192, 179, 140) and HSL(45, 29%, 65%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
yellowlightwarmhex-c0b38ch-45s-29l-65
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Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Muted Yellow */
color: #C0B38C;
background-color: #C0B38C;
border-color: #C0B38C;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #c0b38c40;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#C0B38C] text-[#C0B38C] border-[#C0B38C] ring-[#C0B38C]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.702, blue: 0.549)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFFC0B38C)
Android XML
<color name="muted_yellow">#C0B38C</color>
React Native
{ color: '#C0B38C' }
Social Media

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Muted Yellow

#C0B38C·rgb(192, 179, 140)

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#C0C0C0
Dark Gray
#A9A9A9
Light Coral
#F08080
Dark Salmon
#E9967A
Light Salmon
#FFA07A
Rosy Brown
#BC8F8F
Brand Match

Closest real-world color

Sherwin-Williams
Agreeable Gray
SW 7029 · #C9B99A
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About

About Muted Yellow

This section gives the same kind of richer color context you’d expect from a dedicated color reference page.

Meaning
Muted Yellow sits in the yellow family with a light tone, so it holds enough weight for primary UI accents. It reads as energetic, social, and forward-moving.
Applications
Muted Yellow (#C0B38C) with RGB(192, 179, 140) and HSL(45, 29%, 65%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as foreground color on dark interfaces and dense contrast surfaces.
Family
Yellow
Tone
Light
Temperature
warm
Keywords
yellow, light, warm, hex-c0b38c, h-45, s-29
Conversion

Color conversions

Use these values in CSS, product docs, design tokens, and print-oriented workflows.

HEX
#C0B38C
RGB
rgb(192, 179, 140)
HSL
hsl(45, 29%, 65%)
HSV
hsv(45, 27%, 75%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 7%, 27%, 25%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

#1A170E#312C1B#52492D#73663F#948351#AE9D6B#C0B38C#CEC4A6#DED8C4#EFEBE1
900
#1A170E
800
#312C1B
700
#52492D
600
#73663F
500
#948351
400
#AE9D6B
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

Move from a single color into full palette ideas based on common harmony systems.

Complementary
Open palette
#C0B38C#8C99C0
#C0B38C#8CC0B3#B38CC0
Analogous
Open palette
#C0998C#C0A68C#C0B38C#C0C08C#B3C08C
Split complementary
Open palette
#C0B38C#8CB3C0#998CC0
Tetradic
Open palette
#C0B38C#8CC099#8C99C0#C08CB3
Monochromatic
Open palette
#423A24#73663F#A4925B#C0B38C#DBD3BD
Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#BABA95
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#BBBC98
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#BF9D9F
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
2.09:1
Fails normal and large text guidance.
Aa
On black
10.07:1
AAA passes for normal text.
Similar colors

Nearby color references

Use nearby colors when you want alternatives with a similar overall feel but a different hue or intensity.

Silver
#C0C0C0
Dark Gray
#A9A9A9
Light Coral
#F08080
Dark Salmon
#E9967A
Light Salmon
#FFA07A
Rosy Brown
#BC8F8F
Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Muted Yellow
Closest standard CSS name to #C0B38C for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-yellow-light
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
yellow-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #C0B38C as the core value.
HSL token
45 29% 65%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.
Color palettes

Palette ideas related to this color

These palette routes are pulled from the curated library based on RGB similarity, so you can branch into more complete systems quickly.

Warm Wellness
Similarity score 15
Open
warmnaturalwellness
Warm Stone
Similarity score 15
Open
warmnaturalearthy
Warm Wellness
Similarity score 15
Open
warmnaturalwellness
Antique
Similarity score 18
Open
vintagewarmluxury
Warm Neutral
Similarity score 26
Open
minimalwarmearthy
Sage Garden
Similarity score 28
Open
naturalgreensoft
Dusty Violet
Similarity score 29
Open
mutedpastelsoft
Twilight
Similarity score 29
Open
mutedcooldark