#C2AA36#C2AA36

#C2AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA36
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -3.86, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 59.88, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0166 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.134 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2906, 40.4870, 9.3399)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA36 #364EC2

analogous

#C26436 #C2AA36 #94C236

triadic

#C2AA36 #36C2AA #AA36C2

tetradic

#C2AA36 #36C264 #364EC2 #C23694

square

#C2AA36 #36C264 #364EC2 #C23694

split-complementary

#C2AA36 #3694C2 #6436C2

monochromatic

#62561B #928029 #C2AA36 #D3C062 #E1D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C2AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C2AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA36

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA36	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)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c275',
    500: '#c2aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa36;
$custom-light: #d8c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73851,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA36

secondary

#8894CC

accent

#62E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA36

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

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