#C2AA2C#C2AA2C

#C2AA2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA2C
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -4.29, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 63.44, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0188 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0794, 40.4026, 8.2278)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA2C #2C44C2

analogous

#C25F2C #C2AA2C #8FC22C

triadic

#C2AA2C #2CC2AA #AA2CC2

tetradic

#C2AA2C #2CC25F #2C44C2 #C22C8F

square

#C2AA2C #2CC25F #2C44C2 #C22C8F

split-complementary

#C2AA2C #2C8FC2 #5F2CC2

monochromatic

#5E5315 #907E21 #C2AA2C #D8C353 #E3D485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C2AA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C2AA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA2C

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA2C	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c26f',
    500: '#c2aa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa2c;
$custom-light: #d9c26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73785,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA2C

secondary

#7D8ACD

accent

#5CE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA2C

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

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