#C2AA35#C2AA35

#C2AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA35
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -3.90, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 60.25, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0168 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2673, 40.4777, 9.2175)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA35 #354DC2

analogous

#C26335 #C2AA35 #93C235

triadic

#C2AA35 #35C2AA #AA35C2

tetradic

#C2AA35 #35C263 #354DC2 #C23593

square

#C2AA35 #35C263 #354DC2 #C23593

split-complementary

#C2AA35 #3593C2 #6335C2

monochromatic

#62561B #928028 #C2AA35 #D4C060 #E1D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C2AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C2AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA35

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA35	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c274',
    500: '#c2aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa35;
$custom-light: #d8c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA35

secondary

#8793CC

accent

#61E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA35

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

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