#C2AA37#C2AA37

#C2AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.133 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA37
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -3.81, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 59.49, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0163 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.133 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3143, 40.4965, 9.4649)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA37 #374FC2

analogous

#C26537 #C2AA37 #95C237

triadic

#C2AA37 #37C2AA #AA37C2

tetradic

#C2AA37 #37C265 #374FC2 #C23795

square

#C2AA37 #37C265 #374FC2 #C23795

split-complementary

#C2AA37 #3795C2 #6537C2

monochromatic

#63561C #928029 #C2AA37 #D3C063 #E0D393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C2AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C2AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA37

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.133 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c275',
    500: '#c2aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa37;
$custom-light: #d8c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73858,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA37

secondary

#8995CB

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA37

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

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