#C2AA32#C2AA32

#C2AA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA32
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -4.04, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 61.36, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0175 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2005, 40.4510, 8.8654)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA32 #324AC2

analogous

#C26232 #C2AA32 #92C232

triadic

#C2AA32 #32C2AA #AA32C2

tetradic

#C2AA32 #32C262 #324AC2 #C23292

square

#C2AA32 #32C262 #324AC2 #C23292

split-complementary

#C2AA32 #3292C2 #6232C2

monochromatic

#615519 #917F25 #C2AA32 #D5C15C #E2D38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C2AA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C2AA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA32

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA32	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c272',
    500: '#c2aa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa32;
$custom-light: #d8c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA32

secondary

#8490CC

accent

#60E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA32

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

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