#C2AA39#C2AA39

#C2AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA39
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -3.71, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 58.72, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0158 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.132 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3632, 40.5161, 9.7225)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA39 #3951C2

analogous

#C26639 #C2AA39 #96C239

triadic

#C2AA39 #39C2AA #AA39C2

tetradic

#C2AA39 #39C266 #3951C2 #C23996

square

#C2AA39 #39C266 #3951C2 #C23996

split-complementary

#C2AA39 #3996C2 #6639C2

monochromatic

#63571D #93812B #C2AA39 #D2BF66 #E0D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C2AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C2AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA39

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA39	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)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c276',
    500: '#c2aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa39;
$custom-light: #d8c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA39

secondary

#8B97CB

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA39

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

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