#C2AA2E#C2AA2E

#C2AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA2E
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -4.21, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 62.77, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0184 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1179, 40.4180, 8.4306)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA2E #2E46C2

analogous

#C2602E #C2AA2E #90C22E

triadic

#C2AA2E #2EC2AA #AA2EC2

tetradic

#C2AA2E #2EC260 #2E46C2 #C22E90

square

#C2AA2E #2EC260 #2E46C2 #C22E90

split-complementary

#C2AA2E #2E90C2 #602EC2

monochromatic

#5F5317 #917F22 #C2AA2E #D7C256 #E3D488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C2AA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C2AA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA2E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA2E	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)

#BBA615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c270',
    500: '#c2aa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa2e;
$custom-light: #d9c270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73797,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA2E

secondary

#7F8CCC

accent

#5DE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA2E

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

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